This hour, we’ll talk with actress Mariel Hemingway about overcoming “The Hemingway Curse,” and we’ll learn more about how people with alcoholism, depression and other conditions are treated with Dr. Harold Urschel, chief medical strategist for Enterhealth.
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This hour, we’ll talk about consent, the many forms of sexual harassment and assault and what people should do if they feel they’ve been assaulted with a panel of local experts.
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When Sarah Gray was given the devastating news that one of the twin sons she was carrying wasn’t going to live, she decided to donate his organ’s to medical research. This hour, we’ll talk with her about that experience, which she writes about in “A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy’s Gift to Medical Science.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how exposure to some germs is actually good for a child’s health with Brett Finlay, a microbiologist specializing in bacterial infections at the University of British Columbia.
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This hour, we’ll talk about why ADHD diagnoses are on the rise – and if there’s cause for concern – with Alan Schwarz, author of “ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic.”
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The cure for most of our everyday maladies can be found at the drugstore. The trick is deciding which medicine is right for you.
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This hour, we’ll talk with Robert Hoge about coming to terms with his appearance, which he writes about in his memoir, “Ugly.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about the how society might handle people living to be hundreds of years old – and how life-extending breakthroughs can be evenly shared – with Eve Herold, author of “Beyond Human: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Extending Our Lives.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about the benefits of seeking out wonder in our lives with Carlin Flora, who writes about the topic for Psychology Today.
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This hour, we’ll talk about recent medical advancements that may have people seeing one day soon with David Dobbs. His story “A Cure in Sight” appears in the September issue of National Geographic magazine.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how screen time can lead to ADHD, anxiety, depression and other disorders with Nicholas Kardaras. His new book is called “Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance” (St. Martin’s Press).
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This hour, we’ll talk about how keeping infectious diseases at bay requires a rethinking of our relationship to the animal kingdom. We’ll be joined by University of California-Davis epidemiology professor Jonna Mazet.
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