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Could old skulls help us understand why we have crooked teeth?
Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:27A natural history museum questions what ‘natural’ means
In a business district east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, between a pizza shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, is an easy-to-miss storefront m ...
9 years ago
Listen 13:05It’s ‘game on’ for the man in charge of 145 million specimens
It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...
9 years ago
Listen 9:47Diorama dilemma: The art and science of museum displays
A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums.
9 years ago
Listen 9:23Trading pill bottles for yoga mats doesn’t always fly with patients
The way physicians assess and treat pain has come under scrutiny recently, as the country continues to experience an epidemic of opioid a ...
9 years ago
ListenReassessing the assessment of pain: how the numeric scale became so popular in health care
It’s an experience that most everyone has had at a doctor or hospital visit, where at some point, usually early on, the question ...
9 years ago
ListenAfter student suicides, medical schools look for changes
Following the death of her son, Michele Dietl remembers not being able to walk through the grocery store. “I co ...
9 years ago
ListenRagtag group of non-scientists tries to break up monopoly on insulin
Tired of paying too much for common prescription drugs? Ever wish you could just head into the kitchen and make medicine yourself? ...
9 years ago
ListenLooking for peace and quiet? There’s a map for that.
With fall on the horizon, maybe you’re hoping to find some peace and quiet in the great outdoors. Where you find it can be a challe ...
9 years ago
ListenDoctor tells tale of losing a patient, and what Katy Perry had to do with it
Mohammed Nayeemudin was working in the ICU when he got a call from the emergency room — a 30 year old who had been found in his apartme ...
9 years ago
ListenAfter dodging jail in theft of $2M, lawyer back in court for lagging on restitution
When a botched medical procedure left Donna Johnson a double amputee, she sold her three-story brick home in Philadelphia and bought a mo ...
9 years ago
ListenRutgers survey: Americans finally have confidence in the job market
Recent national survey results offer optimism regarding American attitudes about the job market. Carl Van Horn, professor of publi ...
9 years ago
Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic; The Privy Diggers; Heyne Bogut
Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts goes to the Mich ...
9 years ago
If a patient doesn’t get a test, does it make a sound?
What responsibility do doctors have for following up on tests they order? I recently went to see a specialist who ruled out a heal ...
9 years ago
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