Psychologist Elinor Greenberg joins us to talk about why people develop Narcissistic Personality Disorder – and about treatments available to them.
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How Global Health Went Viral
Dr. Mark Dybul, former executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, joins us to talk about the connection between global health and national security.
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How Medicine Became Big Business
Princeton professor Paul Starr joins us to talk about how healthcare evolved into big business.
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The Cult Of Wellness
Amy Larocca joins us to talk about our obsession with living our best lives.
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Finding Hope After Heroin
Tracey Helton Mitchell joins us to talk about how she eventually got clean and became a stable mother of three after being addicted to heroin for nearly a decade.
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A Journey Through The Secret Struggle Of Mental Illness
Stephen Hinshaw joins us to talk about the dangers of keeping mental illness a secret.
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A Young Doctor Learns The Ropes
Dr. Rachel Pearson joins us to talk about learning to practice medicine on poor patients visiting a free clinic in Galveston – and about what the experience taught her about inequality in the healthcare system.
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Abstinence Ed In Texas
Cynthia Osborne and Jessica Chester join us to talk about the many factors at play when it comes to teaching the state’s young people about sex.
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A.I. In The E.R.: Artificial Intelligence In Health Care
Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, CEO of Pieces Technologies, and Venkatesh Hariharan, CEO of HealthNextGen, join us to talk about the promise of artificial intelligence in health.
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Getting Grief Right
Psychotherapist Patrick O’Malley joins us to talk about how grief is not something to be cured – rather, it’s part of our lasting connection to the ones we’ve lost.
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A Doctor Faces Death
Dr. Lucy Kalanithi joins us to talk about her experience as her late husband, Paul Kalanithi documented his transition from rising neuroscientist to deteriorating cancer patient.
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The Push To Replace Obamacare
Vann Newkirk joins us to talk about what’s in the new health-care bill, how it differs from its counterpart passed by the House – and about the politics surrounding the discussion.
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