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Renegade M.D.
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The Virus Touch
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March 30, 2024
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For decades now, we’ve all heard the refrain – we are in a war against obesity, with perhaps the most important battle being fought over the health of…
March 29, 2024
India’s Waste Problem
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March 27, 2024
Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics
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March 25, 2024
Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance in Hospital
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March 19, 2024
Spinning Out
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March 19, 2024
Pox Romana
In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that s…
March 18, 2024
Xaq Frohlich on the History of Food Labeling
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Flint Fights Back
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The Taste of Water
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March 2, 2024
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The Taste of Water
After WAY too long a hiatus, Peoples & Things is back! GET EXCITED!! In this episode, host Lee Vinsel interviews Christy Spackman, Assistant Professor…
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Crusade to Heal America
Mary Woodard Lasker had a singular goal: saving lives by increasing medical research. Together with her husband, advertising genius Albert, they creat…
February 21, 2024
The City and the Hospital
An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically un…
February 20, 2024
American Gun
In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner so…
February 17, 2024
DARE to Say No
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