Medicine
The 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
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Alzheimer’s and end-of-life decisions
Guests: Barbara Bitros, Jason Karlawish Nurse BARBARA BITROS has had memory problems recently. ...
Air Date: March 9, 2015
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WHYY’s Pricecheck: Share your medical bill, make health costs transparent
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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
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Nutritional 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
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The 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
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Measles: 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
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David Morris on “The Evil Hours”
Guest: David Morris Marine infantry officer ...
Air Date: January 30, 2015
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Guest: Jonathan Moreno [From the Radio Times archive] In this hour of Radio Times, JONAT ...
Air Date: January 23, 2015
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Affordable Care update and legal challenge before the Supreme Court
Guests: Mary Agnes Carey, Theodore Ruger Enrollment for health plans through the Affordable Care Act is open unti ...
Air Date: January 13, 2015
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A look at marijuana policy in the region and in Colorado
Guests: Simon van Zuylen-Wood, John Ingold 2014 was perhaps the biggest year for proponents of marijuana. Laws re ...
Air Date: January 7, 2015
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The life and career of Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter
Guest: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz [From the Radio Times archive] The Mutter Museum in Philad ...
Air Date: January 1, 2015
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Why did the chicken cross the world?
Guest: Andrew Lawler, Dan Charles The average American eats close to 100 pounds of chicken a year. There are thre ...
Air Date: December 12, 2014
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The Teenage Brain: What’s Going on In There?
Guest: Daniel Siegel [From the Radio Times archive] Remember those painful teenage years – the ...
Air Date: December 12, 2014
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