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Did you know that eating certain foods can offer protection against Alzheimer’s Disease? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Facebook tries out artificial intelligence (AI) to identify users at risk for suicide; UK researchers find connection between screen time and child...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:50
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Episode topics: The "medicine of exercise" and socks.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A new chip could make speech recognition practical for wearables by reducing power consumption; cotton and carbon combine to make smart garments; a...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:42
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Measuring the speed of blood flow with a tiny chip using light; lightweight exoskeletons based on fabric and air; miniature magnetic coils outside ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:47
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Episode topics: "Golden Girls" style living and cold and canker sores.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A transistor that is driven by heat instead of electricity; stomach acid as a means of powering ingestible smart devices; a standby switch that con...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
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Diagnosing disease from speech samples; LinkedIn employees reduce stress with wearable, in Stanford study; infant monitors may cause more problems ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:35
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How a smartwatch may be able to sense your mood; the shortcomings of optical sensors for wearables and how radio frequency (RF) sensors may solve t...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Two stories about vision: a $30 device for smartphones that performs eye exams, and glasses with lenses that change as needed. Also a story about h...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:40
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More highlights from CES 2017, including a smart mouthguard for athletes that detects head impacts, and a device that see through walls to track pe...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:49

  • Added: Jan 29, 2017
  • Length: 26:09
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Highlights of the CES 2017 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, covering wearables for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 05:41
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Highlights of the CES 2017 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, covering wearables for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
An analysis of the likely developments in 2017 for wearable technology for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:53
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
An analysis of the major developments in 2016 for wearable technology for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:35
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This timely generational discussion on the value of exercise features a very active 83 year old mother of 9, the perspective of a well respected ph...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 51:56
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Cabinet Pick Advocates Privatization of Medicare; Women's March on W...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Episode topics: Generic drugs and pet care for those in hospice.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Is aging inevitable? And if so, why? We talk with Josh Mitteldorf talks about his book, co-authored with Dorion Sagan, Cracking The Aging Code (Mac...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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Episode topics: Brain games and common skin conditions.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Episode topics: Mood and exercise and summer foot care.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Carolyn Shoemaker (left) and her son-in-law, Phred Salazar (right)
Astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker remembers her late husband, renowned astrogeologist Gene Shoemaker, whose ashes are buried on the Moon.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:16
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Dr. Gene Cohen, author of “The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain.” His book describes h...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:01