
Health & Science
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
Listen 00:03:07Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play
The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...
9 years ago
A look at the work of Albert Einstein – he was born on March 14 in 1879. Today is also the birthday of Gene Cernan (born in ...
Air Date: March 14, 2016
Listen 00:06:47Cultivating Compassion for Aging
So often, the milestones of old age sneaks up on us. Even as we gain the advantage of experience, there are less comfortable changes to c ...
Air Date: March 11, 2016
Listen 00:50:28Life after lead poisoning: one family’s story
When the Degenharts bought their house, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. But they didn’t know that it would land their son, Jos ...
9 years ago
ListenA heart attack becomes an unwelcome source of poetic inspiration
Marylou Kelly Streznewski describes herself as a model of health. And for most of her life, she took it for granted. But that chan ...
9 years ago
ListenClocks shift forward one hour this Sunday morning (2 a.m.) A total solar eclipse can be seen this week in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawes ...
Air Date: March 7, 2016
Listen 00:05:42Surveys by the national sleep foundation find that between eleven and 23 percent of live-in couples sleep in separate beds. Does this mea ...
Air Date: March 7, 2016
Listen 00:03:09For years, we’ve heard that meditation is good for our bodies and minds – but scientific studies on the practice have been la ...
Air Date: March 1, 2016
Listen 00:03:12Year in Space chronicles Astronaut Scott Kelly’s preparation and 12-month mission (starting with the launch last Mrch 27th ...
Air Date: March 1, 2016
Listen 00:06:41‘It’s never too late’ to start again; life after addiction
Cory Cohen’s slide into addiction is one that echoes all over the country. Cohen is 22 years old, grew up in the suburbs of ...
9 years ago
ListenScientists are using the aging Hubble Space Telescope to determine the components of the atmosphere of a so-called super-Earth planet 40 ...
Air Date: February 23, 2016
Listen 00:06:46Teen recounts experience of fighting for his life
My name is Diego Luke, and I am a 17-year-old high school junior in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grow ...
9 years ago
ListenGravitational Waves detected, confirming a key component of Albert Einstein’s understanding of the cosmos. Derrick Pitts, chief ast ...
Air Date: February 16, 2016
Listen 00:05:19The sounds of blood pressure: What are we listening for?
Blood pressure. It's one of the most important measurements in medicine. And yet, taking it correctly is kind of an art.
9 years ago
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