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What is Salvia?
From: WHPC
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An investigative look at Salvia, and it's potential as a drug

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 10:26
End of Life Health Care Costs
From: KUOW
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The cancer drug Avastin can extend life, but only for a few months, at best. The drug can cost 100 thousand dollars a year. Is it worth it? Krak

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 12:30
Obesity and the Latino Community
From: KUT
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Hour-Long Radio show examining Obesity in the Latino Community.

Bought by KRZA, WSKG, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How Obama Will Implement His Health Plan
From: PRX
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Obama says "Washington politics" resulted in failed health care reform

Bought by KNKX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Obama Advocates Against Clinton's Mandated Health Coverage
From: PRX
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Here Obama outlines his arguments for a non-mandated health plan.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 15:30
The Dangers of Home Births in Pakistan
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Homebirths are common in Pakistan, and Mandy Cunningham goes on the ground to try to understand the many risks associated with ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Quest_Farm Bill and School Lunches
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What will it take to get healthy meals in School cafeterias? For starters, a new national farm policy.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Life in a Nepalese Hospital without a Doctor
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how one hospital survives without a doctor in the Nepalese mountains

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Nepalese Woman, Kamala, Makes her way to the Hospital
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for a pregnant women to get medical care in a small village in Nepal

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
Risks for Women Giving Birth at a Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 2
Making ends meet in a Pakistani hospital
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how hard it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in a Karachi Hospital

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Quest_Port Pollution
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The Port of Oakland keeps shelves stocked at big box stores like WalMart? and Target. But what's the real cost to people who live nearby?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
Women's group fights malnutrition with knowledge in San Pablo La Laguna, Guatemala
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Women's group in San Pablo La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala uses workshop trainings and community based education to lowe...

Bought by KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
International Day of Peace marked with polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Afghanistan leaders, usually at war, call a few days of tranquility for UNICEF and partners to vaccinate 1.3 million children

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
Body Burden: The uncertain effects of untested chemicals.
From: A World of Possibilities
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The uncertain effects of untested chemicals.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
A Darfur village turns its back on conflict, opting instead for development
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! This piece outlines to listeners how in Darfur, not everything is black and white - its gives an alternate perspective on the d...

  • Added: May 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
Politics of the HPV Vaccine
From: BSR Radio
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A look into the politics of the HPV vaccine in Rhode Island and nationwide.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 3
Movements
From: Emily Howard
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A news magazine devoted to reporting, learning from, and analyzing social movements.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Young people in the Middle East talk about the toll of conflict
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Kids in Middle East tell about the lasting effects of the war on the children of the region, with voices from Lebanon, Syria, I...

Bought by AIFM and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 2
Douglas Webb, AIDS advisor in Africa reports on orphans and vulnerable children
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's AIDS Advisor on Eastern and Southern Africa, Douglas Webb, gives a full report on UNICEF's new publication on Orphans ...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Playing "Advergames" with Kids' Health
From: Dick Meister
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This is a commentary noting that the Internet has become a major tool for selling easily exploited kids the junk food that has helped make childhoo...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
Martin Bell's Democratic Republic of Congo Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Ex-BBC War Correspondent Martin Bell gives a report on Dr Congo and the affects of war, disease and hunger on children there

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
WTU: Vegan Diet May Stop Cancer.
From: Mike Mossey
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Researchers discover switching to a vegan diet may stop or reverse prostate cancer.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Youth Against HIV in Cameroon
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Young people in Cameroon, West Africa, join forces to identify and eliminate HIV risk factors in their community

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Anti- Malarial Bednets Make a Difference in Tanzania
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! A program to provide bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania, starting with the women and children, is a huge success.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:10