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The Definition of Essential Care, Through Physical Therapy
From: Lucas Woods
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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
Blue Dot Rerun: AMAZING AGING GRACE: A Conversation With Daniel Levitin
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, musician and all around amazing guy, Daniel Levitin. His This is Your Brain On Music spent...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Infectious Agents and Alzheimer's Disease
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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Are Herpes Simplex 1 and other microbes contributing to, if not causing, the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease? Prominent Alzheimer's researche...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:19
Blue Dot: AMAZING AGING GRACE: A Conversation With Daniel Levitin
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, musician and all around amazing guy, Daniel Levitin. His This is Your Brain On Music spent...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach and KWMR


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 01/28/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sliding into unhappiness - Feeling cynical? Then come slip into the ‘u-shaped’ trough that represents human happiness o...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
09122019: Discovering the Power of Words and How Reading Aloud Impacts Our Hearts and Minds with Meghan Cox Gurdon & Tim Lomas, 9/12/2019
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on the power of wor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 48:50
Music And Memory
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: TTBOOK Favorites of the Week for PRX Remix
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"To the Best of Our Knowledge" producer Shannon Henry Kleiber shares a story about her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 14:37
403: Music On Your Mind / 404: After 30 Years of Prozac, 8/17/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
Food Sleuth Radio, Aarti Batavia Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Alzheimer’s disease is considered a global health threat, and that diet, exercise, sleep, and common drugs can influence our risk...

Bought by KVMR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 19.100: Have We Found the Cause of Alzheimer's Disease?, 5/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Have We Found the Cause of Alzheimer's Disease?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
Take Care (Monthly) #12
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this show is, "What is health?"

Bought by WNYO


  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care (Monthly) #11
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this show is aging today.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 52:01
Rearranging the Numbers
From: Martine Chaussard
Caption: Ted Davis’ completed (and oddly shaped) Sudoku puzzles from a book called “Tricky Sudoku”
Pat and Ted Davis have been married for more than fifty years. But since Ted started showing signs of depression and dementia, he has become so qui...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 10:52
Nurse Inventors
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A nurse works to inspire others in the profession to try their hand at inventing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Coordinated Care for High Use Patients: CareMore Health CEO Sachin Jain on Improving Outcomes
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Sachin Jain, CEO of CareMore Health, a coordinated and integrated health care sy...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Human Lifespan Limits
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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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
06282018: Lessons on Longevity: Finding the Fountain of Youth with Dr. Valter Longo & Dr. Mario Martinez, 6/28/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on longevity. Guest...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 47:59
Episode 26: Are you too old to learn another language?
From: Steve Leveen
Series: America the Bilingual
Caption: Joan
Even at 16 we may be too old to learn a new language and speak it without an accent. So what about us adults over 50? Should we even bother trying?...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care (Monthly) #4
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this episode is the body image, aging, and acceptance.

  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 52:00
Palliative Care: The Search For Comfort And Healing In The Face Of Death
From: JoAnn Mar
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For those who are dying, palliative medicine can go a long way in relieving the pain and suffering that often accompanies the final stages of death...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
03222018: Demystifying and Dialoguing About Alzheimer’s and other Dementias with Dr Gayatri Devi and Dan Perkins, 3/22/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on Alzheimer’s and ...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 45:46
SuperAgers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers are learning about aging from people over 80 who haven’t experienced cognitive decline.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Anti-Tripping Circuit
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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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
Moving Muscles
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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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
Take Care #133
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Tattoos, also appearance and health.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1