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Many healthcare services have been either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. Others are considered essential. But how do you decide wha...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
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Are Herpes Simplex 1 and other microbes contributing to, if not causing, the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease? Prominent Alzheimer's researche...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:19
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As we approach the shortest days of the year, we take a longing look at the therapeutic aspects of daylight. One researcher found that light therap...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Environmental services worker Jeanna Hibbert scrubs the hospital room to get rid of C-diff bacteria., Credit: Michelle Faust/ Side Effects
The dreaded bacteria C. difficile has a way of spreading through a local health system, causing debilitating diarrhea and thousands of deaths a yea...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Vitamin D is credited with staving off falls, lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure. Does it work?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1