Experts discuss how parents can decide when the time is right for their kids to get their first phone.
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18-03 Segment 2: Silent Reflux
An expert discusses telltale symptoms and the dietary triggers that can cause silent reflux.
Read More18-02 Segment 1: Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Experts discuss how and why attacks on healthcare workers occur and how hospitals and health care workers can do a better job preventing them.
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18-02 Segment 2: Egg Donation for Family and Friends
An author/journalist who has donated twice with vastly different results discusses the technology and what to look out for when approaching egg donation.
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18-01 Segment 1: Heart Attacks in Young Women
Surveys show young women are often unaware of their risk for a heart attack and are much less likely to go to the emergency room when one occurs.
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18-01 Segment 2: Odd Medical Treatments of the Past
An expert examines how far we’ve come in medicine, leading him to conclude doctors in ancient Greece provided better care than those in the US 150 years ago.
Read More17-53 Segment 1: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome affects about 10% of American women, but has such a wide variety of troubling symptoms that it’s often misdiagnosed.
Read More17-53 Segment 2: Dreams vs. Reality for Children in Poverty
Poor children often can’t access healthcare in spite of decades of efforts. A pediatrician who has established clinics for the poor discusses the problem.
Read More17-52 Segment 1: Long Term Psychological Damage of Natural Disasters
Mega-storms such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria disrupt uncounted lives and leave psychological scars that can last for decades and recur every hurricane season.
Read More17-52 Segment 2: “Broken Heart Syndrome”
When a person suffers a severe emotional shock, they may suffer what looks like a heart attack most recover but this can be fatal, confirming that it is possible to die of a broken heart.
Read More17-51 Segment 1: Staying Calm in Stressful Times
Meditation and mindfulness could be in even more demand as civility declines and stress increases. An expert explains how it works.
Read More17-51 Segment 2: Hiccups
Hiccups are annoying and uncomfortable, and doctors don’t know why we get them. An expert explains what hiccups are and why most home remedies actually work.
Read More17-50 Segment 1: Mental Health Treatment For Children
Experts discuss readiness of pediatricians to treat mental illness in children and efforts to be sure they’re prepared.
Read More17-50 Segment 2: Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Holidays
Some people may get the blues or worse as the days get shorter, they suffer from seasonal affective disorder, a chemical change in the brain caused by decreased exposure to sunlight.
Read More17-49 Segment 1: Human Trafficking: Slavery By Another Name
Experts disscuss why foreigners are especially at risk of being intimidated into forced labor and how they might be rescued.
Read More17-49 Segment 2: Pancreatic Cancer
An advocate and a genetic counselor discuss the state of pancreatic cancer screening and the few alternatives available.
Read More17-48 Segment 1: Alzheimer’s, Spouses, and “Close Friends”
Spouses of Alzheimer’s disease patients often struggle with depression while caregiving, some have started new relationships while their loved one is still alive but no longer recognizes them
Read More17-48 Segment 2: Childhood Trauma, Later Disease
Researchers have found that severe emotional trauma in childhood triggers physical disease later in life, and has a cumulative effect.
Read More17-47 Segment 1: Navigating the Aging Process
Two experts discuss managing the transition from complete independence as we age.
Read More17-47 Segment 2: “Helpful Lies”
Lies aren’t always bad but as the stakes of lies rise, honesty trumps kindness. Yet few people are ever able to distinguish when they’re being told lies.
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