Medicine
The risks and rewards of older parenthood
Among the many changes in American families over the past few decades is the increasing number of parents who are having children later i
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Air Date: December 13, 2012
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Contraception, sexual health and teens
The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a recommendation recently to increase teen access to emergency contraception. In a new p
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Air Date: December 11, 2012
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Doctors are increasingly turning to genetic testing to track down diseases, uncover a patient’s risk and better target treatments. Ever
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Air Date: December 4, 2012
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Navigating the cracks in the health care system
BETH ANN SWAN is dean and profe
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Air Date: December 3, 2012
ListenGenetic test helps explain why anti-depressants work only for some
Choosing a medication to treat mental illness can be a gamble. Some patients don’t respond at all. Others see marked improvement.
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Our sense of hearing and how it shaped the mind
Sound is everywhere in this world – you can’t escape it. Our ears process millions of noises all day long –laughter, car horns, m
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Air Date: November 21, 2012
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A look at today’s changing drug laws
Last week Colorado and Washington voters passed ballot initiatives in support of the use of legal recreational marijuana. This is in addi
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Air Date: November 16, 2012
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Dreamland: David Randall on the science of sleep
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[REBROADCAST] When journalist DAVID
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Air Date: November 2, 2012
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Many patients with serious illness and their families struggle with making end-of life decisions. Is there
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Air Date: November 1, 2012
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David Quammen on ‘Spillover’ of animal diseases into humans
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Avian flu. Ebola. SARS. AIDS. All of us have been exposed, at least in the media, to diseases that have mi
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Air Date: October 16, 2012
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Our hair says a lot about who we are. That’s why losing it can be so traumatic. But for balding men,
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Air Date: October 8, 2012
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Opening our eyes to intellectual disabilities
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Air Date: September 10, 2012
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