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Viagra: Medical and social effects of Viagra.
From: Barry Vogel
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Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits is, as we know, pervasively advertised on television and the Internet. But what i...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
Cindy Sage - The BioIniative Report - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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What is an EMF? What you don't know CAN harm you! This month the Living Well Show presents a very important two part program on the evidence that ...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 28:38
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
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq Veterans
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Are we treating our returning veterans appropriately? PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) has reached higher levels than ever before. Col. Kathe...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:44
Surviving on the Duwamish
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 5

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 08:53
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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How air pollution is affecting the fragrane from flowers, making it harder for bees to find and pollinate them.

Bought by KENW, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
Paws and Effect
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Can being a dog owner have a positive effect on your health?? The latest research says YES! Sharon Sakson author of Paws and Effect lets us know ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 28:50
The Disappearing Lake
From: Seattle Globalist
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Eastern Ethiopia's Lake Haramaya disappeared in less than 10 years.

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
Dawson Church - Genie in Your Genes
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Dawson Church author of Genie in Your Genes shares with us the exciting new science that is illuminating our human potential. The new field of epig...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:41
SALMONELLA Confirmed in Alamosa Water - SOUND BYTES 3/24/08
From: Miles Eddy
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SALMONELLA Confirmed in Alamosa Water Supply - SOUND BYTES from 3/24/08 Press Briefing.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Great Lakes Danger Zone?
From: Center for Public Integrity
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A report on a suppressed study about environmental hazards in the Great Lakes region.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:29
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
Still Talking About Sex
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The first African American U.S. Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, remains an outspoken advocate for health related policies. This is a speech given...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
BIRTH
From: Thin Air Media
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A one-hour public radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUAF Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WYAP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 31
Human Costs of Prescription Drugs
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
From Self-Help to Science
From: Chris Berdik
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McLean Psychiatric Hospital to research effectiveness of life coaching

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Magnetic Seizure Therapy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Powerful magnetic currents seek to replace electroshock treatments for severe depressions.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 07:48
Biology of Belief - Dr. Bruce Lipton
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Do your beliefs affect your biology? Cell biologists Dr. Bruce Lipton's research shows conclusively that they do! Until recently, conventional sc...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 28:41
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
Sex Toy Safety
From: The Environment Report
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Some sex toy retailers are concerned about chemicals used to make the toys.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer
From: Kellia Ramares
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Interview with Dr. Janette Sherman

  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
Sex in the City and a Catholic School Girl
From: Project Stitch
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A fourteen year-old Catholic schoolgirl looks for answers about sex from a nun, a downtown clinic and a pharamacy.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn
From: Lu Olkowski
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A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic d...

Bought by KUOW, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 16:30
  • Purchases: 3