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Medicine

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The racial gap in health care

Guests: Ana Núñez and Edith Mitchell The overall health of Americans has improved dramatically over the years. ...

Air Date: October 29, 2015

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Radio Times

David Casarett’s “Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana”

Guest: David Casarett [From the Radio Times archive] Marijuana might be one of the most misunder ...

Air Date: October 20, 2015

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Expensive prescription drugs & what can be done about them

Guests: Julie Rovner, Lori Reilly, and Peter Bach When Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a sixty year-ol ...

Air Date: October 6, 2015

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Our microbiome and our health

Guests: Gary Wu, Tracy Bale, Frederic Bushman Our bodies are home to trillions of bacteria and fungi. Together th ...

Air Date: October 5, 2015

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Despite 50 years of LGB progress, aging transgender people face barriers to equality

It is still legal to discriminate in most states based on sexual orientation and gender identity. For aging transgender people, even more obstacles exist.

11 years ago

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A conversation on perfectionism

Guests: Patricia DiBartolo, Noa Kageyama, Gordon Flett [From the Radio Times archive] While we a ...

Air Date: September 14, 2015

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Radio Times

Grappling with stage fright

Guests: Sara Solovitch, Franklin Schneier, Jenn Wasner [From the Radio Times archive] A lot of p ...

Air Date: September 11, 2015

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Radio Times

Ending veteran homelessness

Guests; Ken Wilson, Dennis Culhane, Quil Lawrence Philadelphia aims to end veteran homelessness by Veterans Day, ...

Air Date: August 31, 2015

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Radio Times

Revisiting Marty’s Conversation with Oliver Sacks on ‘Uncle Tungsten’

Guest: Oliver Sacks [From the Radio Times archive] In light of the passing of author and neurolo ...

Air Date: August 31, 2015

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Vitamins
Radio Times

Catherine Price’s “Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection”

Guest: Catherine Price [From the Radio Times archive] Most Americans get plenty of A, C, D, E, K ...

Air Date: August 21, 2015

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Michael Trost of Dingmans Ferry, Pa. (seen here with his wife, Susan Rosalsky) was billed $32,325 for a surgery with an out-of-network doctor in an in-network hospital. (Elana Gordon/for WHYY)
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Surprise! When your hospital is in-network but your doctor isn’t

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

11 years ago

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Radio Times

The future of telemedicine

Guests: Ateev Mehrotra and Carrie Kovarik Next time you get a sore throat or a strange rash, instead of calling f ...

Air Date: August 10, 2015

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Radio Times

The Planned Parenthood controversy

Guests: Michelle Goldberg, Mollie Hemingway, Denise Grady Undercover videos by anti-abortion activists of Planned ...

Air Date: August 3, 2015

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Radio Times

David Casarett’s “Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana”

Guest: David Casarett Marijuana might be one of the most misunderstood plants, especially when it comes to its me ...

Air Date: July 30, 2015

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Radio Times

Teen pregnancy and birth control

Guests: Anne Teitelman, Greta Klingler, Mary Ott, Nora Becker The teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is a lot higher ...

Air Date: July 28, 2015

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