PRX - Pieces for Topic: Health

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Back From the Dead
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Stories from people who take and administer a drug that prevents heroin overdoses.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2004
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Fraying Safety Net
From: Patrik Angstrom Poore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Health Care options for Oregon's uninsured look grim

  • Added: Oct 01, 2004
  • Length: 29:32
Life on the Outside
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Two mentally ill and homeless repeat offenders attempt to break the cycle -- one that for years has spun from jail, to psychiatric hospitals, to th...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 3
When All Else Fails
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"When All Else Fails" is a first-person account of a man undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock (Award Winner:...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 21:19
  • Purchases: 2
A Danger to Self and Others
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"A Danger to Self or Others" documents everyday life inside the Chicago Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WYBC


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70
From: Todd Melby
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Does getting older spell the end of sexuality? Not always.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Mind over Marketing
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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How to protect your mind from the onslaught of advertisements designed to seduce your senses.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WZBC


  • Added: Aug 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Musica Humana
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Musicians and doctors in Denmark compose and use music in hospitals.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KTNA, WHQR, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Taming the Snake
From: KUOW
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This documentary takes a graphic look at the reality of IV heroin addiction.

Bought by KVNF, KDUR, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, and KLCC


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 5
Learning to Hear
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hearing for the first time with Cochlear Implants.

Bought by KVNF, KCUR, WUAL, and KUT


  • Added: May 21, 2004
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: A Man's Choice - A Look at Male Contraceptives
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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With the advent of the male pill, men will now have the opportunity to become more involved in family planning and society is ready for it

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Alzheimer's: Losing a Mind
From: WHYY
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The latest information about Alzheimer's and the impact on families.

Bought by WPSU, WFUV, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 3
The Breast Cancer Monologues
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A one-hour documentary special intricately woven from interviews, readings and original music about how breast cancer has affected the lives of wom...

Bought by WJSU, KVSC, KWIT, KPVL, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 16
Healthy Babies
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The van that's keeping babies healthy one mother at a time.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUHB and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 7
Aerobics Instructor-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The hardest working man in body biz

Bought by KZSC, KUHB, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
The Brandon-Ukiriguru AIDS Awareness Project
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two communities -- one in Canada, the other in Africa -- working together to fight the AIDS pandemic through awareness

Bought by WFUV and Public Interactive


  • Added: Nov 25, 2003
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2
Heartland Medicine
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Young doctors face challenges, provide total care, and live unconventional lives in rural Nebraska

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRPI, Audible, and WCQS


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Prison Cure
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sick kids behind bars and what happens when they get there: a Colorado youth prison sheds light on a national problem.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WSKG, PRX Remix, WRPI, and Audible


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
The AIDS Highway
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The plight of Ugandan AIDS orphans

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Public Interactive, WYSO, and WFUV


  • Added: Nov 02, 2003
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 4

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