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End of Life Health Care Costs
From: KUOW
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The cancer drug Avastin can extend life, but only for a few months, at best. The drug can cost 100 thousand dollars a year. Is it worth it? Krak

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 12:30
The Secrets of Dog Genetics
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What can dogs tell us about our own agressive tendencies?

Bought by WABE and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 2
Teen Pregnancy Part 1 - A Community Crisis
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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First of a series on teen pregnancy in Western Massachusetts -- a candid look at the problem by those on the frontline.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
Mining's Toxic Legacy
From: KVMR
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Historic Legislative Hearing on the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:50
Blue Highways Day Trip #1 - The REAL Health Care Crisis
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
What Happened to My School?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Gabe Terracciano woke up one morning to find King Middle, his former school, the object of national scrutiny over a controversial birth control po...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 06:40
Housing the Homeless
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Ed Paige had been homeless for twenty years. But now, thanks to an innovative housing facility in Portland Maine, Ed finally has a stable place to ...

Bought by WMPG and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising XV: World Health Activists
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this program, we profile two activists, Prudence Mabele and Mary Pipher facing two of the most difficult health and human rights issues of our t...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
Steroids in Track and Field
From: KLCC
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The impact of steroids in track and field

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2007
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Elderly and gambling
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Retirees move to Las Vegas and become addicted to gambling

  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:15
For Rural Communities, Health Care Access Means More than Insurance
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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A visit to a clinic in rural central Oregon to find out what it?s like to stay healthy when your neighbors are sagebrush and jackrabbits

Bought by KRZA and KVMR


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Influence and the Food Pyramid
From: The Environment Report
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Critics say the Food Pyramid is influenced by food industry.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
Asian American Women and Suicide
From: Robynn Takayama
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This piece explores the high rate of suicide amongst Asian American women

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
From: KLCC
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Veterans and PTSD

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Mental Well Being
From: KLCC
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Pro-active approaches to mental well being

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Suicide
From: KLCC
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Preventing Youth Suicide

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KSFR


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Children and Mental Health
From: KLCC
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Treating children with mental health disorders

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
From: KLCC
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Rural mental health care

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Good Fish, Bad Fish
From: The Environment Report
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Fish is good for you. Fish is bad for you. What's a consumer to do?

Bought by KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 3
Kentucky's "Troublesome Creek."
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Mining in Eastern Kentucky dries up water supply

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
School Nutrition
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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This piece explores the much lamented arena of every school cafeteria, school lunch.

Bought by WXLV-FM, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 3
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's Andrew Heavens reports on the delivery of tetanus vaccine to remote tribal villages in Ethiopia

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
World AIDS Day: Kenyan Children
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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The lives of Kenyan Children not improving despite progress in fighting AIDS in Kenya

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
War and Medicine: Reflections of Battlefield Healers
From: Aaron Henkin
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Battlefield surgeons and nurses reflect on the ironies of their work as healers in a war zone

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Food Technicians Battling EColi
From: Jay Garthwaite
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Tracking raw milk through the cheesmaking process to prevent EColi poisoning.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2006
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1