
Voices in the Family Archive
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
Listen 00:03:48The 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
Listen 00:03:03Attention 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
Listen 00:00:20Dr. 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
Listen 00:50:31Correlating 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
Listen 00:03:29A 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
Listen 00:03:19New 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
Listen 00:03:19The top issues couples fight about – according to recent research – are time, money, housework, extended family, and physical ...
Air Date: June 6, 2016
Listen 00:03:54A 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
Listen 00:50:23Witnessing 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
Listen 00:02:53After 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
Listen 00:03:13Researchers 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
Listen 00:03:17The 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
Listen 00:03:09Each 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
Listen 00:03:22Breast 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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