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Alabama Legislature Poised to Add More Barriers to Absentee Voting, Claiming ‘Ballot Harvesting,’ Despite No Evidence
Bought by KTSW 89.9
- Added: Mar 11, 2024
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries.
Private...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 19:15
Tight Labor Market, Demographics, Health Concerns and Harassment Contribute to Shortages of Poll Workers Around the U.S.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Oct 19, 2023
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Smithsonian Associates: Decoding the Cable Revolution: How 24/7 Politics Shaped a Generation and Our Democracy with Kathryn Cramer Brownell
- Added: Sep 19, 2023
- Length: 32:48
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...
- Added: Apr 14, 2023
- Length: 20:42
It’s Medicare open enrollment — the one chance each year that all 62 million beneficiaries have to shop for better coverage. But choosing a new pla...
- Added: Oct 28, 2021
- Length: 22:50
Many healthcare services have been either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. Others are considered essential. But how do you decide wha...
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 03:41
When it comes to lifespan, do humans have a fixed finish line?
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW
- Added: Jun 30, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
Scientists discover a brain circuit that keeps us upright after stumbling.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Feb 06, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 5
A little dopamine at the right moment is all muscles need to get moving.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Feb 06, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 5
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
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
Doctors Medical Center is the biggest public hospital and is closing on April 21, 2015.
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 03:46
People who feel younger than their chronological age are also less likely to die.
- Added: Dec 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Both younger and older people can readily learn new information, but older people have a harder time filtering out irrelevant and distracting infor...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Maine has a large population of senior drivers. How do we keep them safe, and what do these seniors have to say about staying on the road?
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 1
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:24
Healthy people need the flu shot every year, especially to help protect those who are more vulnerable to complications from the virus.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Sep 14, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
According to official estimates, there are currently over 50 thousand older adults in Boulder County that are at least 60 years old. 13,000 are at ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 06:07
- Added: Jun 08, 2014
- Length: 01:00
When a landlord and a tenant are involved in a dispute, an eviction from the property is the last resort. And when evictions do occur in San Franci...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 1
Grapefruit can interact in potentially dangerous ways with a variety of prescription medications.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
A provision in the immigration reform proposal would allow wealthy retirees to stay longer in this country without a visa. This could be a boon to ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 03:51
When people move into nursing homes they tend to assume their days of taking vacations are over. Not at the Camden Care Center in Minneapolis wher...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 05:53
People born at the leading edge of the Baby Boom turned 65 last year, with more and more Americans entering what experts call “young old age.” One ...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 4
