
Medicine
WHYY’s PriceCheck — Frequently asked questions
Q: What is this project? A: Glad you asked. We’d like you to share your health care prices to help build this c ...
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Radio Times in Review: Philadelphia Science Festival edition
Guests: Mary Cappello, David Eagleman, Seth Horowitz It’s the first day of the Philadelphia Science Festival, a ...
Air Date: April 24, 2015
Listen 00:48:45Is it always unhealthy to be fat?
Guests: Harriet Brown, Michael Lowe, Rexford Ahima It’s been two years since the American Medical Association c ...
Air Date: April 21, 2015
Listen 00:48:45Guest: Catherine Price Most Americans get plenty of A, C, D, E, K and B vitamins — few of us suffer from vi ...
Air Date: April 20, 2015
Listen 00:48:45Guests: Sigrid Veasy, Karl Dogrhamji The onslaught of advertising devoted to improving, correcting, and ensuring ...
Air Date: April 15, 2015
Listen 00:48:46Pediatrician Paul Offit on his new book Bad Faith
Guest: Paul Offit In his new book, Bad Faith: When Religi ...
Air Date: March 19, 2015
ListenThe elder boom and caring for aging Americans
Guest: Ai-Jen Poo By 2030, 20 percent of the U.S. population will be 65 or older. This “elder boom” will pr ...
Air Date: March 17, 2015
ListenAlzheimer’s and end-of-life decisions
Guests: Barbara Bitros, Jason Karlawish Nurse BARBARA BITROS has had memory problems recently. ...
Air Date: March 9, 2015
ListenWHYY’s Pricecheck: Share your medical bill, make health costs transparent
Please fill out the form below to help us and our partner, ClearHealthCosts.com, make health care costs more transparent. (It may take th ...
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Radio Times in Review: Neurologist Oliver Sacks, Swimmer Lynne Cox, Musician Kevin Eubanks
Guests: Oliver Sacks, Lynne Cox, Kevin Eubanks Coming up on today’s show, we revisit Marty’s conversation w ...
Air Date: February 27, 2015
ListenNutritional supplements: quality and safety questioned
Guests: Sarah Erush, Anahad O’Connor The New York attorney general’s office tested popular nutritional su ...
Air Date: February 20, 2015
ListenThe challenges of transgender children and their families
Guests: Nadia Dowshen and Linda Hawkins As more public figures, most recently Bruce Jenner, share their struggles with gender iden ...
Air Date: February 9, 2015
ListenMeasles: The outbreak and the ethics of mandating vaccinations
Guests: Michael Harkness and Jason Schwartz In 2000, public health officials declared that measles had been elimi ...
Air Date: February 3, 2015
ListenDavid Morris on “The Evil Hours”
Guest: David Morris Marine infantry officer ...
Air Date: January 30, 2015
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