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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Household Chemicals
A noted expert discusses the vast amount that we don't know about chemicals and how tougher regulation in other countries could help keep Americans safer
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Medical Notes: Week of June 11, 2017
Foodmakers have removed trans fats from many of their recipes, and they’ll be banned in many foods nationwide in about a year. It’s a policy that could save plenty of lives, according to a study of counties that have already banned trans fats. The...
1 min
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Only Children and Their Parents
Experts refute the myths about only children and discuss how parents can help children navigate life with no siblings.
14 min
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The Sense of Touch
A neuroscientist explains the sense of touch and what can happen when it's not working as it should.
12 min
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Medical Notes: Week of June 4, 2017
Pot smoking among pregnant teens, lead poisoning from target practice, painkiller abuse, and employees who work from home work longer hours.
2 min
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The Health Effects of Loneliness
Studies are showing that loneliness and social isolation have profound effects on our physical health, and increase the risk of death substantially.
15 min
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Rescuing Runaways
One young woman who overcame a life on the streets describes how she beat the odds and what runaways need to have a chance to succeed.
10 min
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Medical Notes: Week of May 28, 2017
Taking low-dose aspirin to protect against breast cancer, sunscreen contributing to vitamin D deficiency, and testosterone shown to produce overconfidence.
1 min
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Alternatives to Opioids for Pain
The crisis with opioid painkillers is making doctors look at alternative medicine therapies for a substitute for these drugs.
16 min
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Medical Notes: Week of May 21, 2017
Going gluten-free is very popular, but a new study finds that if you don’t have celiac disease, there’s no point in it. In fact, it may even hurt you. The 25-year study in the journal BMJ shows that people who eat the lowest levels of gluten have...
1 min
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Blood Substitutes
Researchers have sought safe and effective blood substitutes for 60 years, and a few viable alternatives are in animal testing
15 min
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E-cigarettes and Oral Health
There are still a lot of questions about electronic cigarettes, but evidence is accumulating that the effect on the oral cavity can be as significant as tobacco cigarettes
10 min
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Medical Notes: Week of May 14, 2017
A look at important medical, health and science headlines for the week of May 14.
1 min
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Elephant DNA: The secret to cancer suppression?
Some animals, such as elephants, almost never get cancer, and scientists have learned that the elephant DNA repair system is 20 times more powerful than the human system
18 min
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Intergenerational Living
Some retirement homes are offering local college students room and board in return for interaction with elderly residents. Learn more at:
12 min
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Medical Notes: Week of May 7, 2017
A look at important medical, health and science headlines for the week of May 7.
1 min
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Medical Notes: Week of April 30, 2017
Firefighter heart attack deaths, a link between sleep and dementia, and avoiding eating junk food by...waiting.
1 min
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Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Treatment (2017)
Doctors can cure cancer in children better than ever, but decades later, many survivors suffer from chronic disease as a result of powerful cancer treatments.
15 min
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Medical Notes: Week of April 23, 2017
Dogs that can sniff out cancer, depressions and heart disease, lack of sleep connection to more arguments, and how parents feel about their kids playing sports.
1 min
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Multiple Myeloma - Why is Iceland So Important?
Scientists are tapping the entire adult population of Iceland for a clinical test for treatments for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer.
14 min
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Medical Notes: Week of April 16, 2017
Higher levels of concussions in women, DNA typos, and intelligence in first born children.
1 min
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Moderate Exercise - It's Better For You
Experts discuss how much exercise is enough and how to make the most of light exercise.
11 min
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Medical Notes: Week of April 9, 2017
Drinking coffee to fight dementia, nonprescription birth control pills, and finally quality over quantity of sleep.
1 min
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Why Taming Sleep Leaves Us Restless
Sleep used to be natural, governed by darkness, light, and fatigue. Now it’s highly processed and scheduled.
10 min
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Medical Notes: Week of April 2, 2017
Relieving allergy symptoms, rampant incorrect use of inhalers, and relieving pain with green light.
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