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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 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
- Added: Aug 28, 2007
- Length: 15:00
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
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, countless Americans watched, and listened, to the growing chaos in disbelief. One nurse, Kathy McGregor, f...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 13, 2007
- Length: 05:39
- Purchases: 1
Commentary on women seeking abortions at a Rhode Island clinic after surviving rape while crossing the border illegally.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 27, 2006
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 2
A look at the complex challenges facing those battling AIDS in South Africa
- Added: Oct 24, 2006
- Length: 57:11
- Purchases: 3
Prescription drugs, especially oxycontin, has been a growing problem in southeastern Kentucky. Its not a problem most people want to talk about it...
Bought by YouthCast
- Added: Jan 12, 2006
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
Stephen Buhner author of The Secret Teachings of Plants discusses how ancient and indigenous peoples learned about plants FROM the plants themselve...
- Added: May 18, 2005
- Length: 29:23
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
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