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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. John Bartlett, Senior Project Advisor for the Primary Care Initiative at the Carter Center. Dr. Bartlet...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
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More than two million people in India are living with HIV / AIDS. But the country’s AIDS Control Program has made strides in decreasing the number ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
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Richmond voters will decide on November 6 whether to authorize an extra cent tax on sugary beverages like soda. KALW's Isaac Silk talked with local...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: Amy Pare, a plastic surgeon in heavily-drilled Washington County, Pa. She's found arsenic, benzene, and other drilling-related contaminants in the urine of her patients., Credit: Photo: Reid R. Frazier
Thousands of wells have been drilled in the Marcellus shale, using new types of drilling methods. But there are questions about the safety of these...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:50
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Diabetes among African-American adults has reached epidemic proportions. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls -- an innovative public health program in Ba...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Two research teams get unexpected results and health advocates see even more reason to get people to give up sweet drinks.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
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At this New Hampshire high school, it took a professional chef to get kids to eat healthy food.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
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This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
Witch doctors and doctors today have more in common than first meets the eye, ear, nose and throat.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
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Looks at the impact of lack of sleep on performance and cognition.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Nearly 20 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with diabetes. And, according to the official breakdown by the American Diabetes Associati...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:20
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The number of physicians who support the integration of alternative and conventional medicine is still small, but it’s growing. Part of the problem...

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:39