Health | Think - Part 65

Your Brain On Technology

October 20, 2015 Health, Science and Technology

We’ll talk about how computers and smartphone actually diminish our ability to think clearly with UCLA professor Shlomo Benartzi, author of “The Smarter Screen.”

We’ll talk about how people with chronic conditions can create fuller lives with Susan Bauer-Wu, author of “Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious and Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness.”

Our Friend, The Fridge

October 8, 2015 Health, History

We’ll talk about how refrigeration has changed the way we eat and improved our overall health – and about what our fridges say about ourselves – with Jonathan Rees.

Can You Care Too Much?

October 6, 2015 Health

We’ll talk about extreme cases of philanthropy with New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar, author of “Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help.”

Inside The Mind

October 5, 2015 Health

This hour, we’ll explore the innerworkings of the human control center with Dr. David Eagleman.

Paying For PTSD

October 1, 2015 Health, Politics

This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.

A Guide To Better Healthcare

September 30, 2015 Health, Politics

This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better advocate for ourselves and receive better medical care with Leslie D. Michelson, author of “The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love” (Knopf).

Decoding Parkinson’s

September 28, 2015 Health

This hour, we’ll talk about how close we are to a cure with the author of “Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease.”

Mitigating The Migraine

September 17, 2015 Health

We’ll talk about new insights into these often debilitating episodes with Greg Dussor, a leading migraine researcher from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Sex And Societal Norms

September 10, 2015 Culture, Health

We’ll talk about the groupthink that affects the way we consider sex with Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality.

Embracing Neurodiversity

September 2, 2015 Health

We’ll talk about technological and educational advances that are allowing people with Autism to chart their own path with Wired reporter Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity.