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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Why the Opposition To Later School Start Times?
Experts discuss how students and even the economy would benefit from later school start times and the reasons many people and school districts still oppose the change
17 min
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Cancer and Beauty
Women undergoing cancer treatment often suffer hair loss and other impacts on appearance. A noted beauty expert discusses best ways to deal with it.
13 min
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Undocumented Immigrants Skipping Healthcare
With the federal government’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, many of them are skipping going to the doctor or the emergency room for fear of deportation.
17 min
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Medical Notes: Week of October 8, 2017
Youth football before the age of 12 may be especially damaging to the brain, time consuming electronic health records, and more women than men are going to college.
1 min
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Pica
Pregnancy and early childhood are the most common time for a strange disorder that prompts people to eat non-food items such as clay or ice.
11 min
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Declining Fertility Rates
Experts explain that dropping fertility rates in the US may not be as good a thing as we may think, and may lead to labor shortages and elderly populations.
10 min
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A Possible Treatment For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Researchers explain experiments on animals with a new treatment that could eliminate fetal alcohol syndrome, perhaps even after birth.
15 min
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Medical Notes: Week of October 1, 2017
A rise in death from stroke, probiotics to fight peanut allergies, and the average age that men become dads is rising.
1 min
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Enlisting Men Against Sexual Assault
Experts discuss what can be done to enlist men to do much more to prevent sexual assault.
14 min
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Medical Notes: Week of September 24, 2017
A look at the top medical headlines for the week of September 24, 2017, including: A new test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, estrogen therapy helping fight off gum disease, and changing grocery shopping habits at the start of the school year.
1 min
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Teenage Boys: They're Not Lazy
An expert psychologist explains the inner workings of teen boys and how parents can bring out the best in them.
11 min
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Cutting Nicotine in Cigarettes
Experts explain the FDA's proposed plan to mandate a significant cut in the nicotine content of cigarettes to encourage them to move to healthier forms of nicotine distribution.
16 min
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Medical Notes: Week of September 17, 2017
Opioid addiction and improper disposal of painkillers, proteins link to a healthier gut, and the proliferation of mommy-shaming
1 min
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Do Cardiologists Know Nutrition?
A healthy diet is one of the best weapons against heart disease, yet new studies show cardiologists (as well as other physicians) are woefully deficient in nutritional knowledge
10 min
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Pet Obesity
Experts discuss why pet obesity is a problem and ways pet owners can keep their furry friends healthy.
13 min
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Lung Cancer Stigma
Most forms of cancer have a built-in constituency of patients and loved ones, but lung cancer patients, instead, are often blamed for their own disease.
17 min
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Medical Notes: Week of September 10, 2017
The link between mental health and talking to yourself, using a brick of coffee to improve head surgery, and what freckles on your eyes might mean.
1 min
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Are Lefties Really Different?
Experts discuss where handedness comes from, and what differences truly result.
11 min
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Behavioral Sciences at the CIA
Experts, including an active CIA analyst, describe how they us psychological techniques to predict the behavior and decisions throughout the world.
15 min
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Medical Notes: Week of September 3, 2017
Rust in the brain causing Alzheimer's, feeling tired on the job, and smart stairs that spare leg pain.
1 min
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Diagnostic Mistakes
Medical errors are the third largest cause of death in the US, and mistakes in making diagnoses are the most frequent form of error. A noted expert discusses why mistakes happen, and what doctors and patients can do to make them less frequent.
13 min
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Medical Lab Mistakes
An expert explains that human error is impossible to completely eliminate, so labs are increasingly turning to DNA tracking to catch mistakes when they occur.
13 min
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Medical Notes: Week of August 27, 2017
A new blood test for Alzheimer's disease, a malaria drug to combat Zika, and evolutions role in restless nights.
1 min
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Multitasking: Practically Impossible
Researchers discuss why our brains can't do two things at once, and why supertaskers may be different.
14 min
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Medical Notes: Week of August 20, 2017
Fertility in men in the western world is falling, how the poor function of taste buds could lead to obesity, and a link between alcohol and recall.
1 min