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We explore “cascades of care” — how a clinician’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.
- Added: Jun 09, 2022
- Length: 03:53
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Health care in America has always run at a high cost. In Utah, hospitals are taking action to make pharmaceuticals affordable for all.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Bees are good for much more than stinging. With bee populations rapidly declining, Cedar Rapids is finding a way to give them a second shot.
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW
- Added: Jun 30, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive beetle attacking Ash trees across the Midwest. The beetle first showed up in Bloomington in 2008, with the Ind...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 05:47
Could a drug erase the memories that keep addicts coming back for more?
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
People who are financially dependent on their spouse June be more likely to cheat on them.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
The measles vaccine protects the immune system from other infectious diseases.
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Dr. Nicole Labor is an alcohol and drug therapist who is also in recovery. She offers a clear description of addiction.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 01:00
Virtual “bodyswapping” helps people set aside unconscious biases towards others.
- Added: Dec 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Researchers are testing a vaccine against life-threatening antibiotic resistant bacteria.
- Added: Dec 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Brain scans can predict a quitter’s likelihood of smoking again.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 13, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Our ideas about how the anatomical differences in male and female brains explain the behaviors of men and women may be based on bias rather than sc...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
The outcome of a medical test could be affected by the time of day.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
People’s unconscious reactions to liars and truth-tellers are more accurate than their conscious judgments.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Humans relate better to robots that avert their eyes at well-chosen moments.
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 03:00
The City of Moore, Oklahoma was hit by a tornado at 3:17 pm yesterday afternoon. As emergency crews continue to search for victims in the destructi...
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 09:51
A Indiana University researcher has been awarded a 1.15 million dollar grant to develop a blood test that could be used to determine if individuals...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 08:39
The human genome may be the best avenue to date in the battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. It is also the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroima...
- Added: Aug 09, 2012
- Length: 09:22