Science writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins us to talk about how researchers are developing a more nuanced understanding of pain and how that’s informing treatment.
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Strategies For Keeping Those New Year’s Resolutions
ABC News’ Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton joins us to talk about taking a realistic approach to health in mind and body without upending your life.
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How Our Brains Keep Us Safe
Scott Grafton, chair of the neuroscience department at the University of California – Santa Barbara, joins us to discuss the science of how we move without thinking.
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Opium’s Long Spell On Humankind
Dr. John H. Halpern, a psychiatrist and former medical director of the Boston Center for Addiction Treatment, joins us to talk about how the power of the drug, first detected in Mesopotamia, has built to a crisis today.
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The Epidemics That Changed The World
Frank M. Snowden, the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History and History of Medicine at Yale University, joins us to talk about how infectious outbreaks — both terrifying and romanticized — have shaped our world.
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It’s Gonna Be OK: You Can Survive Grief
George A. Bonanno, chair of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Columbia University’s Teachers College, joins us to talk about research that shows a complex pattern of grieving and new insights into resilience
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Grieving Before Someone’s Gone
Pauline Boss, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, joins us to talk about her work that has helped articulate the lonely and confusing feelings of loss even as someone lives.
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Let Them Eat Dirt!
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel joins us to talk about our complicated immune system, which is capable of both healing the body and turning on it. His new book is called “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System.”
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Can Stem Cells Really Cure Everything?
Health and science journalist Laura Beil joins us to talk about the stem cell industry skirting the line between innovation and danger.
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Why There’s A Massive Shortage Of Psychiatric Hospital Beds
Author Susannah Cahalan joins us to talk about her investigation into a psychology sting operation testing the legitimacy of mental health diagnoses.
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New Strategies For Preventing Gun Violence
Robyn Thomas and Peter Ambler, from the Giffords Law Center and Giffords, join us to talk about strategies for decreasing gun violence while balancing gun owners’ 2nd Amendment rights.
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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl
Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.
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