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Slowing Down

We have about six weeks until Labor Day – so how has your summer been so far? Have you been able to fit in all of the fun and relax ...

Air Date: July 26, 2016

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The impact of violent images on our health

The more time we spend online, the more we end up witnessing violence and violent incidents. The video of Philando Castile bleeding to de ...

Air Date: July 18, 2016

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Attention Deficit Disorder and Education

Attention Deficit Disorder has certainly faded from the headlines a bit in recent years, but it still affects millions of people – ...

Air Date: July 12, 2016

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Your Brain on Politics

Dr. Dan gathered together academics Kathleen Hall Jamieson and David Redlawsk and clinician Lisa J. Cohen for a non-partisan discussion o ...

Air Date: July 11, 2016

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Correlating intense emotions with specific health conditions

Researchers have long known that intense emotions felt over time can affect our health. A new study digs a bit deeper: it analyzed argume ...

Air Date: July 5, 2016

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On Being Raped

A new book deals candidly with a very difficult topic. For decades, history professor Raymond Douglas kept a terrible secret. As ...

Air Date: June 20, 2016

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Awe

New research from the University of Pennsylvania explores how awe changes people’s outlook on life – and the study subjects w ...

Air Date: June 13, 2016

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The Art of Arguing

The top issues couples fight about – according to recent research – are time, money, housework, extended family, and physical ...

Air Date: June 6, 2016

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Macbeth on the Couch

A political power couple spurred by ambition and a marriage consumed by guilt, but bonded by murderous betrayal. The Macbeths have ...

Air Date: May 9, 2016

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Witnessing Difficulty in the Delivery Room

When complications arise in the delivery room that lead to traumatic childbirth, clinicians providing care often feel upset and experienc ...

Air Date: May 9, 2016

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After the trauma

After the loss of a loved one, an accident, a major trauma, many people just want the life back that they had before tragedy struck. In t ...

Air Date: April 25, 2016

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Heart disease and depression

Researchers have known for some time that there’s a link between heart disease and depression. But – if the depression is tre ...

Air Date: April 18, 2016

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The Stresses of Medical School

Going to medical school is stressful – that’s not surprising But new research finds that the demands, cost, and competitive natur ...

Air Date: April 4, 2016

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Suicide Intervention

Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – ...

Air Date: March 28, 2016

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Breast cancer and mental health

New research led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich takes a closer look at the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on people ...

Air Date: March 21, 2016

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