Medicine
Guests: Adam Cohen Eugenics had powerful sway in 1920s America, in politics, academics, medicine and the law ...
Air Date: March 15, 2016
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Guests: Ryan Grim, Howard Bryant, and Jon Wertheim Last night’s GOP presidential debate at the University of Mi ...
Air Date: March 11, 2016
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Prescription drug ads — do they help or hurt?
Guests: Elizabeth Rosenthal and Amanda Starc It’s hard to watch TV and not notice commercials for prescription drugs — som ...
Air Date: March 8, 2016
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The Supreme Court on abortion rights
Guests: Amy Howe, David Cohen and Nina Martin Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Whole Woman’s ...
Air Date: March 3, 2016
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Race and its role medical research
Guests: Dorothy Roberts, Sarah Tishkoff, Michael Yudell Classifying people by race is still common in medicine an ...
Air Date: March 1, 2016
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We’re not getting enough sleep
Guests: Sigrid Veasy and Christopher Barnes If you’re feeling sleep-deprived, you’re not alone. New numbers f ...
Air Date: February 29, 2016
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The 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.
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Guests: Jeffrey Shaman, Peter Hotez The Zika virus is spreading “explosively” the WHO said last we ...
Air Date: February 1, 2016
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Radio Times in Review: NPR’s favorite voices
Guests: Cokie Roberts, Steve Inskeep, Susan Stamberg On today’s show, we’re going to bring you some of the fa ...
Air Date: January 29, 2016
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Guests: Ezekiel Emanuel, Justin Bekelman End-of-life care in America can get a bad rap. We imagine people livin ...
Air Date: January 28, 2016
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Reproductive technology: the legal and ethical issues
Guests: Kimberly Mutcherson, Judith Daar Advances in reproductive medicine have allowed millions of people to hav ...
Air Date: January 21, 2016
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America’s Middle Class: Including families making $250,000?
Guests: Bryce Covert, Carl Van Horn and Anat Shenker-Osorio Politicians toss around the words ‘middle cla ...
Air Date: January 5, 2016
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The new film ‘Concussion’ & the latest research on concussions
Guests: Sean Gregory, Ryan Tierney, and Kristy Arbogast The new movie “Concussion,” documents the findings o ...
Air Date: December 23, 2015
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Radio Times in Review: Susan’s favorites
Guests: Amy Goldberg, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Maurice Sendak Today, we here at Radio Times are saying goodbye t ...
Air Date: December 18, 2015
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Sleep: Ancient slumber; Sleepy babies
Guests: Jerome Siegel, Andrea Elovson, Lisa Meltzer On today’s Radio Times, Paleolithic sleep and not-so-sleepy ...
Air Date: December 10, 2015
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