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Julie Sabatier interviews Dr. Peter Goodwin, who was instrumental in creating Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law (sometimes referred to as "assisted...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
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This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 27:22
Caption: A mid 20th century hearing aid from CHF’s collections.
Part three in our series, The Stages of Life, spotlighting the chemistry found in childhood, adulthood, and old age. First, a look at how brain con...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 18:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Sensing an excess of talent in her dog, Pransky, Sue Halpern decided to get certified as a therapy dog team, and began visiting the local nursing h...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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First, every year, about 450,000 Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The most helpful resource is experienced caregivers who have already...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Mark Miller, MD and Charles Reynolds, MD discuss ways to identify and treat depression and anxiety in older Americans. Then, Jeff Yeager, the Ameri...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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First, building on a collaborative research project conducted by the NIH and AARP, Dr. John Whyte gives several weight loss plans and advises diet ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
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First, Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is the basis of both courage and fulfillment in life. In her book, Daring Greatly, Brown challenge...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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The human genome may be the best avenue to date in the battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. It is also the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroima...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:22
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NASA's Chief historian, Bill Barry discusses the impact each generation has had on the space program.

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
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When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
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Dr. Ira Byock and Dr. David Healy, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious discusses psychosocial and cultural genomics-a healing process that connects the mind-body to emotional and physical recovery by acti...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Dr. Oliver Sacks and Dr. Julie Silver, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Meika Loe, Alice Hasting Murphy, and Dr. Stephen Rose, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Lily Tomlin, and Adam Gazzaley, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: http://www.alz.org/brain/09.asp, Credit: Alzheimer's Association
On this edition of "Culture Clique" Gerise Thompson, Regional director for the Alzheimer's Association visits with KQAL's Terese Tenseth. Chances a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 46:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alexander Karczmar, at 93, is an authority on the brain and a student of the self.
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: La Chaire Trepidante: the 19th century vibrating chair invented to relieve Parkinsons's symptoms., Credit: Christopher Goetz
Treating Parkinson's with a vibrating chair; reading the rumblings of the earth; and a hip-hop battle of cosmic proportions.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr Zieve talks with Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey MD about using physical exercise to build and maintain a healthy brain and improve ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 47:38
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Living life to the fullest and the decision tree….this week on Primetime Radio

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 59:54
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Vitamin D is credited with everything from lowering blood pressure, preventing heart disease and cancer and famously for preventing falls in the el...

  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Vitamin D is credited with staving off falls, lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure. Does it work?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1