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.
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Using Animals To Sniff Out Disease
Experts discuss the use of animals to diagnose disease and their efforts to build machines that can do the same thing.
17 min
1002
The High Health Cost of Sugar
One expert describes why he believes sugar is to blame for the obesity epidemic, and changes that made sugar a larger part of our diets.
11 min
1003
Silent Heart Attack
Heart attacks that produce few if any symptoms can be more serious than those that bring crushing pain because they often don't bring a victim to the hospital for lifesaving help.
15 min
1004
Silent Reflux
An expert discusses telltale symptoms of silent reflux and the dietary triggers that can cause the disorder.
10 min
1005
Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Experts discuss how and why attacks on health care workers occur and how hospitals and health care workers can do a better job preventing them.
15 min
1006
Misunderstanding Autism
Experts describe how misunderstanding autism has drastically affected treatment, and how schools and other institutions can change their approach to improve treatment.
13 min
1007
Exploding Head Syndrome
A sleep disorder strangely named "exploding head syndrome" may keep more than 10 percent of people awake at night by inflicting them with crashing sounds that only they can hear.
8 min
1008
Car Crashes and PTSD
Car accident survivors and one of the world's foremost experts discuss variables that make PTSD worse and essentials victims must carry out to recover.
14 min
1009
Doctor Suicide
Experts discuss the coverup of doctor suicides, the reasons behind depression in doctors, and why doctors who are depressed are less likely than normal to get help.
17 min
1010
Enlisting Men Against Sexual Assault
Colleges are now required by Federal law to present anti-sexual assault training to new students, but rather than instilling "no means no," some experts think we need to do much more to enlist men to help prevent sexual assault.
14 min
1011
Sibling Abuse
Psychological or physical abuse by siblings is much more common than most people realize. Experts discuss warning signs of abuse and how parents can act without endangering the family.
13 min
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Miscommunication and Color Energy
13 min
1013
Baby Talk
Experts discuss why and how parents should hold "conversations" with their babies.
15 min
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PANDAS: Dangerous Aftereffects of a Strep Throat
16 min
1015
Tone Deafness
Millions of people can't carry a tune when they sing and believe they're tone deaf. However, most simply have trouble matching tones when they sing and would benefit from more practice. To the truly tone deaf person, all pitches sound alike. No amount...
13 min
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Autism in Girls
16 min
1017
Gossip
14 min
1018
Only Children...and Their Parents
Only children have been vilified for more than a century as inevitably selfish, spoiled and lonely. Yet research finds that children without siblings are psychologically quite similar to those with brothers and/or sisters. Today the proportion of only...
13 min
1019
Medical Notes: Week of July 15, 2018
A look at the top medical headlines for the week of July 15, 2018. When it comes to cancer are you better off safe than sorry? Despite cancer screenings potential risks, many Americans still want it. A study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology...
1 min
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Medical Notes 16-37
2 min
1021
Cancer Research Recruitment
16 min
1022
Power Naps at Work
11 min
1023
Medical Notes 16-36
1 min
1024
Anxiety
Anxiety is normal, but too much can be crippling; An author and anxiety sufferer discusses the nature of crippling anxiety and what people can do about it.
9 min
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Medical Notes 16-44
1 min