This hour on Think, we explore the topic of addiction with a former heroin addict, a historian who writes about America’s relationship with alcohol and a neuroscientist who studies the brains of addicts.
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Jeanne Lenzer joins us to talk about the lack of oversight in the medical device industry.
Read moreHow Baylor Pulled Off The Uterus-Transplant Birth
Dr. Liza Johannesson and Dr. Giuliano Testa join us to talk about the first baby born from a transplanted uterus in the U.S.
Read moreThe Man Who’s Put 30,000 People To Sleep
Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo explains what’s actually happening when our bodies are immobilized and our consciousness is suspended.
Read moreThe Future Of Health In A Warming World
Dr. Paul Auerbach of Stanford University Medical School talks about the effect that rising temperatures has on the well-being of people.
Read moreThe Psychopath In Everyone
Georgetown University psychologist Abigail Marsh talks about how fear connects do-gooders and the worst among us.
Read moreThe Benefits Of Boredom
Manoush Zomorodi – host of the podcast “Note to Self” – joins us to talk about the benefits of reserving time for our minds to wander.
Read moreThe Geography Of Happiness
Dan Buettner joins us to talk about how geography affects our well-being.
Read moreCould A Pill Replace Exercise?
Nicola Twilley tells the story of researchers trying to better understand exercise – and how we can circumvent it while attaining the same results.
Read moreA Doctor’s Near-Death Experience
Physician Rana Awdish talks about how a life-threatening experience forced her to rethink how she relates to patients.
Read moreGrowing Old Doesn’t Have To Be Hard
Joy Loverde discusses the importance of proactive planning and successful strategies for aging.
Read moreSurviving Surgery In The Victorian Era
Lindsey Fitzharris joins us to talk about the very beginnings of the modern era of medicine and the pioneers who transformed the practice.
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