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We bring you a collection of tasty segments we know you'll love, using the powers of public radio telepathy. This week...we take you inside "The Zone" of…
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The rest of New England now allows use of marijuana for certain health conditions. And with a Governor-elect saying she’s open to the idea…
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Dartmouth physician Ira Byock says even with incredible advances in medicine, far too many Americans suffer needlessly and die “badly”. In a new book,…
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A Fantastic Voyage to Kill SuperbugsNano-technology is enabling breakthroughs in a number of scientific fields at an unimaginably small scale. Consider that the basic unit of measurement for…
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We begin with homophobia in American hospitals. A recent, New York Times op-ed by Dr. Pauline Chencaught our eye. In an era of rapidly expanding…
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A pair of new studies indicates that depression could be detectable by a blood test. So far, depression has primarily been diagnosed through non-medical…
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A recent study in the medical journal Health Affairs found that more than ten percent of doctors admit to not telling patients the complete truth about…
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Nine national medical groups have identified 45 diagnostic tests, procedures and treatments that they say often are unnecessary and expensive. The head of one of the specialty groups says unneeded tests probably account for $250 billion in health care spending.
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The NH house has voted to require women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. The so-called women’s right to know bill had to be pared back to win…
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The former vice president is recovering from a heart transplant he received over the weekend. Experts say it's unusual for a 71-year-old to get a transplant, but more and more older people are getting them as the procedures improve and the population ages.