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NORML: Dr. Mitch Earleywine- Sex and Marijuana
From: NORML Foundation
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Chris Goldstein and Dr. Earleywine offer a candid discussion surrounding sex and marijuana.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 11:59
"Bright" Worms Live Longer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Why do we grow old and die? Most scientists cite genetics, environmental factors, and chance. Shane Rea, a scientist at the University of Colorado,...

Bought by KMXT and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Benetech's Humanitarian Technology
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Non-profit tech start-up looks out for the rest of us

  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 08:39
Are Your Favorite Medicinal Herbs Endangered?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A lot of medicines are derived from plants. And today, the growing popularity of traditional medicine has many of us using herbs to prevent and tre...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: An Ode to Health and Ignorance
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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What it?s like to suffer from a disease that little is known about.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 23, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Scientist Researches Near-Death Experiences
From: With Good Reason
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Escaping death changes life

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Nov 15, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
02 Medical Mysteries from the Deep
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Plants and animals in the ocean that might yield treatments for diseases

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
05 Leaves of Three...
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists say that carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, is actually making poison ivy grow larger and more toxic.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
09 What Does Organic Mean?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When you?re shopping for food, how do you know if it?s really organic?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
12 Medicines of The Tropical Forest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The future survival of the shamans will depend on how we value the source of their knowledge: the tropical forests.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
13 What We Owe Sleeping Jellyfish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to falling asleep, we may owe it all to jellyfish.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Temple Grandin
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Temple Grandin explains that as a person living with autism, she thinks in pictures and in sounds.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KVNF, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 9
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH IN COLORADO
From: KRCC-FM
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Last weekend the state Alzheimer?s association held three so-called ?Memory Walks? in Denver, Loveland and Greeley to raise money for research.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:37
Detoxification
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses the body's natural detoxification pathways and how to boost them using nutrients.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
Heart Surgery Dangers
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Non-invasive cardiologist Howard Wayne, MD discusses the dangers of angioplasty, bypass surgery, and stents to treat heart disease.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
Body Pain
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses underconsidered reasons for bodywide pain including unresolved infections, hormone imbalances, allergies, an...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
Smoking: The Truth
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Stan Glantz, MD professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and an anti-tobacco activist unpacks the science behind smoking's dangers and overweight'...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and AIFM


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 2
Back and Joint Therapy: Supporting the Whole Person
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Thomas Dorman, MD discusses Prolotherapy and its place in supporting the whole person in treating back and joint conditions.

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 59:34
  • Purchases: 1
Turning Health People Into Patients
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Medical writer Roy Moynihan, co-author with Alan Cassels of Selling Sickness, discusses how medical institutions have invented diseases under the g...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 1
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses nutrient-based therapies and new laboratory testing for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2006
  • Length: 57:51
  • Purchases: 1
Dietary Fat is Good for You
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Sally Fallon, executive director of the Weston A. Price Foundation discusses the science of dietary fat.

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 1
EMF Health News
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News, discusses current developments in industry and science concerning the health effects of non-ionizing rad...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 1
Nutrient Basics
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Orthomolecular physician Richard Kunin, MD discusses what's needed for basic nutrient supplementation and the actions of individual nutrients.

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, and AIFM


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Anthony Fauci
From: This I Believe
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A belief in personal responsibility drives Dr. Anthony Fauci?s work to find a cure for HIV-AIDS.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Phil Powers
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Mountaineer climber Phil Powers believes pacing is important whether on steep cliffs or level ground.

Bought by WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KJZZ, and KZSC


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4