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C-Hit The WorkUp: Eldercare
From: Lynne DeLucia
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More than 34 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older adult every year, according to AARP. Managing an aging parent’s health care can be c...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 07:40
AMOS 17.168: Growing Older, Sleeping Less, 8/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Growing Older, Sleeping Less

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Living in the Moment: With Alzheimer's
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Ina Gordon and her husband Edward Dick share their experiences with Ina's suffering of Alzheimer's disease. The story of their marriage, their live...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #118
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Prostate screening guidelines and the scoop on salt.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Martha Clare Morris Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that eating certain foods can offer protection against Alzheimer’s Disease? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #105
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: The "medicine of exercise" and socks.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #103
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: "Golden Girls" style living and cold and canker sores.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Advances in Heart Failure Care (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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- New technologies change the game for medical professionals - Simulated sunlight brightens the lives of dementia patients - Making cancer treatmen...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Advances in Heart Failure Care (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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- New technologies change the game for medical professionals - Simulated sunlight brightens the lives of dementia patients - Making cancer treatmen...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 7
Advances in Heart Failure Care (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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- New technologies change the game for medical professionals - Simulated sunlight brightens the lives of dementia patients

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Brightening the Shadows of Dementia
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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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
Take Care #90
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Generic drugs and pet care for those in hospice.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is Aging Inevitable?
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Is aging inevitable? And if so, why? We talk with Josh Mitteldorf talks about his book, co-authored with Dorion Sagan, Cracking The Aging Code (Mac...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
Take Care #86
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Brain games and common skin conditions.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #73
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Mood and exercise and summer foot care.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Carolyn Shoemaker and Phred Salazar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carolyn Shoemaker (left) and her son-in-law, Phred Salazar (right)
Astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker remembers her late husband, renowned astrogeologist Gene Shoemaker, whose ashes are buried on the Moon.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:16
The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Dr. Gene Cohen, author of “The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain.” His book describes h...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
When Cleaning Is A Matter Of Life And Death
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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
Take Care #66
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: "Silver" divorce and urinary Incontinence.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #64
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Brain health and storing prescription drugs.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #61
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: The microbiome diet and aging with humor.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #57
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Calm online and caregiver compassion fatigue.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The "New Normal" Relationship / Leadership Expertise / Nips and Tucks / Spice Up Your Life / Weather
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. Pepper Schwartz/"normality" in sex and love Segment 2 &3: Shar McBee/leadership and volunteerism Segment 4: Dr. Rob Sigal/plastic...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Retrieving Lost Memories
From: Susanne Bard
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In a mouse model of early Alzheimer’s disease, scientists used light to trigger memories that the mice had forgotten.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #45
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: A new look at aging and beans.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1