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Finding Pain Management Strategies That Don’t Involve Opioids

>> February 19, 2023

We have coaches for nearly every aspect of our lives, so why not have one to help patients work through their health crises? Life Care Coaches are being integrated into hospitals to help patients safely use prescription opioids and even offer pain management …

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Does Your Child Know How To Learn?

>> January 29, 2023

America’s education system has long been focused on teaching — but does this strategy benefit students? This week’s show features education experts who say students need to be taught how to learn before they can be successful in the …

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Drunkorexia: A Popular Practice That Leads to Malnourishment

>> January 8, 2023

‘Drunkorexia’ is a habit that’s popular among young people where they refuse to eat before a night of drinking. Though many assume this will help keep their calorie consumption low, experts reveal why engaging in this practice can lead to weight gain and other …

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Ending Overdose: Making the Antidote More Accessible Than the Drug

>> December 18, 2022

The National Safety Council reports that opioid overdoses have become the number one cause of death for people age 18 to 45. In an effort to save lives, Theo Krzywicki created the non-profit End Overdose. The organization informs and arms the public with the …

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Antibiotics: The Growing Health Crisis We’re Not Talking About, Part 1

>> November 13, 2022

People around the world have heavily relied on antibiotics to fight off infections for decades. Unfortunately, this dependency has created a global resistance to some of the drugs, leading to the deaths of more than one million people in 2019. Dr. John …

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Have We Relied Too Much on Healthcare?

>> November 6, 2022

Hospitals are a foundational part of our health, but Dr. Michael Stein, a primary care physician, believes we may be depending too much on medicine. He explains the difference between healthcare and public health, arguing that we should pay more attention to …

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It’s All in Your Head: The Science Behind Emotional Intelligence

>> September 11, 2022

The field of emotion research is flooded with more opinions than facts, however, one main theory says our emotions are an instant response to the world around us. But does that mean we have no control? Two experts discuss the role of emotions and how you can …

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First Responders Have a New Robotic Sidekick

>> August 14, 2022

While the public safety industry has slowly evolved, entrepreneur Doron Kempel says there hasn’t been a large push for innovation in recent years. Kempel founded Bond – a private security company that’s betting big on drones working alongside first responders …

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Orphan Disease Research: Overcoming Years of Industrywide Neglect

>> July 3, 2022

Doctors diagnosed Patrick Girondi’s son with thalassemia in 1992, declaring he’d die by age 14. Like most other rare conditions, treatments for thalassemia were slim to none. Dr. Stanley Nelson explains how orphan disease research has progressed in the last …

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Kids Who’ve Lost Parents to Covid

>> January 30, 2022

New estimates show that more than 167,000 children under 18 (a number growing rapidly) have lost a parent or major caregiver to Covid-19. Psychologists say deaths under such circumstances are also much more difficult for survivors to adjust to and will have a …

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Getting Through Grief

>> October 3, 2021

Grief is a process virtually everyone will face sometime. It’s unfortunately more common during the Covid-19 pandemic. But many people don’t know what to do when their pain does not follow the road map they expect–the well-known five stages of grief. Two …

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Psychology of Adoption: Birth Mothers

>> August 15, 2021

Adoption and how it is carried out have well-studied psychological effects on adoptees. However, how birth mothers are affected by giving up their child is less well studied. Birth mothers have historically been shunned and stigmatized, and often still do not …

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