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We’re mainly known for our online resources. We have interactive online courses and video broadcasts.We also do a lot with local public health, and...
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: :59
Adults can guide whether children categorize based on race or ethnicity through subtle changes in the way they use language. Bill Latimer finds out...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: :59
A subset of people going through divorce and separation are at increased risk for poor health. Bill Latimer finds out more on Public Health Minute.
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Women are the main caretakers of the sick and the majority of nurses all around the world are women; therefore, women are more exposed to some infe...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: :59
Health inequalities related to obesity and cancer among Latinos in low-resource communities require interventions with a community-engaged approach...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: :59
Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Director of the Research Program on Childran and Global Adverty at the Harvard School of Public Health and Affiliated Facul...
- Added: Apr 26, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Women who have experienced abuse and violence and have mental health problems are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors. Bill Latimer find...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: :59
Being knowledgeable about one’s own illness is the first step in self-management. Bill Latimer finds out more on Public Health Minute.
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: :59
An estimated 1 in 5 US men experience physical, sexual, or psychological intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Bill Latimer finds out on Pu...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: :59
From: Public Health Minute
Greater attachment to pets is associated with higher empathy and pro-social behavior and lower levels of depression and aggression in children aged...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
What should consumers do who worry their data is being misused?Whose job is it to educate people about their responsibilities?Does privacy mean any...
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 02:00
In the past few years medical companies have been producing a range of devices to help aging people keep track of their vital statistics: pulse rat...
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 02:00
For most of human history, famine was only a single bad harvest away. Now, thanks to modern agriculture and fertilizers, we’ve almost eliminated hu...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Around the world millions of people suffer from diabetes. The personal and economic costs are enormous. What if we want to do more than treat insul...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
The causes of Type 2 diabetes are well known (obesity, ingesting too many carbohydrates, a sedentary lifestyle). But what about Type 1 diabetes, th...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
One promising new treatment for diabetes is transplanting healthy pancreatic cells into diabetics to restore their ability to digest sugars. What a...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Diabetes has been known to doctors for thousands of years. How was it treated before the discovery of insulin? What new ways are being developed to...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Diabetes is one of the first recorded diseases. When was it first treated by physicians and how prevalent was it?
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
Using sustainable fuels aboard the Sloop Clearwater
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 01:45
We report on a recent health check-up for the entire Earth.
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WILL, KBBI Alaska, and Public Radio Collaboration 2005
- Added: Apr 20, 2005
- Length: 01:33
- Purchases: 4
Could another flu pandemic happen?
Bought by WILL, KBBI Alaska, and Public Radio Collaboration 2005
- Added: Apr 20, 2005
- Length: 01:33
- Purchases: 3
Can we meet human needs and protect the environment?
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WILL, KBBI Alaska, and Public Radio Collaboration 2005
- Added: Apr 20, 2005
- Length: 01:33
- Purchases: 4
Water is a major source of conflict around the world.
Bought by KWCW, WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WILL, KBBI Alaska and more
- Added: Apr 20, 2005
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 6
