Radio Health Journal

Each week, Radio Health Journal breaks down important news in medicine, science and technology with the help of world-renowned experts. Our three weekly segments will help guide you to a happier, healthier life – with some fun facts to share at dinner parties. Can magic mushrooms cure your depression? Have we outrun natural selection?


Hosted by Elizabeth Westfield, Greg Johnson and Maayan Voss de Bettancourt and produced by Kristen Farrah and Amirah Zaveri. New shows posted each Sunday by 5 a.m. EST. Subscribe, listen, and rate. If you’re looking for older episodes, you can find our entire segment catalog on our website radiohealthjournal.org. Also, check out the latest on Facebook and Instagram @radiohealthjournal and on X @RadioHealthJrnl.

Health & Fitness
Science
Medicine
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Medical Notes 16-38
1 min
977
Medical Notes 16-39
1 min
978
Medical Notes 16-40
1 min
979
Medical Notes 16-35
1 min
980
Doing Too Much For Terminal Patients
12 min
981
Medical Notes 16-45
1 min
982
Medical Notes 16-50
1 min
983
Medical Notes 17-04
1 min
984
Lupus and the Skin
15 min
985
Medical Notes 17-07
1 min
986
Medical Notes 17-08
1 min
987
Medical Notes: Week of March 26, 2017
A look at top medical headlines for the week of March 26, 2017: A breakthrough in a blood test for cancer, treatment for pitching injuries, and the link between productivity and a good sex life.
1 min
988
Bariatric Surgery in Teenagers
The proportion of severely obese teenagers continues to rise, but teens are often held back until even bariatric surgery isn’t enough to return them to normal weight.
15 min
989
Workplace Genetic Testing
17 min
990
Medical Notes 17-02
1 min
991
Medical Notes 17-05
1 min
992
Medical Notes 16-47
1 min
993
Medical Notes 17-06
1 min
994
The Haitian Cholera Coverup
14 min
995
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
17 min
996
How Kids Can Take Control of Chronic Disease
13 min
997
Medical Notes 16-48
2 min
998
Enhancing Food Safety
An expert discusses why food contamination scares are becoming more common, what producers are doing to protect us, and what we can do in our own kitchens to make foods safer.
13 min
999
Correcting Color Blindness
Color blindness (or color vision deficiency) affects up to eight percent of men. Until recently, doctors could do nothing to treat it. Now high-tech glasses can make colors come alive for many people with the most common form of color...
12 min
1000
Amnesia: Waking up in the future
It's rare for people to lose their memory of past events. An expert discusses why doctors believe it occurs, and a woman to whom it happened recounts her experience.
18 min