Health
Guests: Emily Dreyfuss, Mary Anne Franks Facebook Live is intended to provide a way to send video of your life and exper ...
Air Date: April 20, 2017
Listen 00:49:29“Deaths of despair”; then, O’Reilly’s troubles
Guests: Angus Deaton, Anne Case, David Folkenflik For most western countries, mortality rates have been in declin ...
Air Date: April 13, 2017
Listen 00:49:28Are you avoiding looking at yourself in a mirror? No longer comfortable going to the pool – or maybe pl ...
Air Date: April 10, 2017
Listen 00:03:28Will we ever get health care reform right?
The ill-conceived replacements for Obamacare would have left some 14 million Americans without health insurance and have an unh ...
9 years ago
This mom hopes for a better future for her son who cannot eat
Amy Marzolino watches her toddler, August, like a hawk, and with good reason. “I’m the mom who’s running across ...
9 years ago
ListenAthletes chase competitive advantage by cutting weight
In certain sports, rapid weight loss is extremely common and extremely dangerous. Boxers, wrestlers, muay thai and mixed martial a ...
9 years ago
ListenHealth experts work hard to counter anti-vaccine activism
One of the first, big decisions parents have to make is whether or not to vaccinate their child. Vaccines are vital to public — ...
9 years ago
ListenFrom snakebites to leadership, students learn medicine in the wild
When you’re trading your medical school classroom for a soggy, chilly nature reserve — you better be prepared. During a wi ...
9 years ago
ListenNeighbors can help prevent domestic abuse
It was 3 a.m. I sat up in bed, disoriented. A man and a woman were shouting. Then I heard a loud thud, followed by a banging sound, as if furniture was being moved.
9 years ago
Veteran with PTSD gets a helping paw from a shelter dog
Many veterans come home and have trouble adjusting to civilian life, and that adjustment weighed heavily on Russel Keyser. In 2004 ...
9 years ago
ListenBoth a mom and a med student: one woman’s midlife career change
Growing up, Regan Causey Tuder heard something that a lot of yo ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:15Why are kids today so anxious?
Anxiety disorders are rising in kids. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’ ...
Air Date: March 20, 2017
Listen 00:03:25Creativity: Life From the Inside Out
Dr. Dan Gottlieb explores the role of psychology in creativity through the lives of artists. He looks at Van Gogh’s struggle with menta ...
Air Date: March 17, 2017
Listen 00:50:30N.J. clinics offer psychosis treatment tailored to young patients
Rutgers University has opened one of New Jersey’s first clinics dedicated to treating psychosis in teens and young adults, the time of ...
9 years ago
Should we talk about our health problems?
People share LOTS of very personal health information online these days – with virtual strangers – ...
Air Date: March 13, 2017
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