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Post-Roe America preview: Conversation with Alison Block, MD

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America

Caption: The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series, Credit: Nicole Xu

After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...

Post-Roe America: 3. Trust Women

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America

After the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, many states in the middle of the country severely restricted abortion – but Kansas stood out as an except...

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Post-Roe America: 2. The Canary

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America

When SB 8 passed in September 2021, Texas clinicians experienced a “Dobbs before Dobbs” effect, almost nine months before the rest of the nation. W...

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Post-Roe America: 1. The Day Roe Fell

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America

When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Dobbs decision, clinicians rush to decipher its implications.

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California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid

From: Tradeoffs

Caption: Dale Stout is one of the first people to benefit from the additional housing supports in California’s new Medicaid initiative, CalAIM. , Credit: Ryan Levi

California is in the early days of one of the most ambitious initiatives ever to address Medicaid patients’ social needs in hopes of improving thei...

For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own

From: Lucas Woods

Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

Under COVID-19, Nursing Students Learn to Treat Patients Online

From: Lucas Woods

Some New York City nursing students learning with virtual, simulated patients under the pandemic have concerns they will miss out on vital skills.

The Definition of Essential Care, Through Physical Therapy

From: Lucas Woods

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

Infectious Agents and Alzheimer's Disease

From: Deborah Van Fleet

Are Herpes Simplex 1 and other microbes contributing to, if not causing, the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease? Prominent Alzheimer's researche...

Spectrum 08/21/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

On this week's Spectrum: An apple a day keeps the doctor away - We take a look at how South Africa has become a world leader in penis transplant...

Spectrum 05/15/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

On this week’s show, it’s all about insects… An unbelievable collection of data gathered by the entomological society in Krefeld shows that the bio...

Bought by KRZA

Spectrum 03/13/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Spectrum: Germany’s wild boar Problem - For German hunters, it’s open season on wild boars all year round. There is, perhaps, good reason for t...

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Clinical Trials and Tribulations: Steve Hauser's quest to cure MS

From: Carry the One Radio

In this episode, a team of researchers disprove a decades-old dogma. The result? The first ever FDA-approved drug for primary-progressive multiple ...

Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp

Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

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Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

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Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

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Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

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Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

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Life of the Law Episode #69: Bit of an Edge

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

In real life, the business of jury selection is a 400 million dollar industry. So in a world of high priced jury consultants what does a jury of ou...

Getting Right

From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Sick

Caption: Kevin Polly as he leaves his house for the rehab facility.

During the state's largest HIV outbreak, a man conquers his addiction.

Learning from the Uncivilized

From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself

We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick

From: Nathanael Johnson

The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW