Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
November 13, 2018 – Treating Addiction
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Anchor lead: How can we help people addicted to drugs without adequate numbers of providers? Elizabeth Tracey reports The journal Science has just reported that our problem with drug overdose deaths actually began in 1979, and has been rising steadily …
November 12, 2018 – Drug Overdoses
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Anchor lead: Opioids are just the latest in a long trend of escalating drug overdoses, Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone knows opioids, including prescription drugs, heroin and fentanyl are the culprits when it comes to drug overdoses, right? Not so fast, …
November 9, 2018 – Hearing Loss Impact
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Anchor lead: Will a new, lower priced hearing aid encourage more people to use them? Elizabeth Tracey reports Have you or someone you love experienced hearing loss? You may know that such loss is usually progressive, leads to social isolation …
November 8, 2018 – OTC Hearing Aid?
November 7, 2018 – Bose Hearing Aid
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Anchor lead: Will a new hearing aid encourage more people to use the devices? Elizabeth Tracey reports The audio manufacturer Bose has recently received FDA approval to market a hearing aid. Nicolas Reed, an audiologist and researcher at Johns Hopkins, …
November 6, 2018 – Psilocybin Utility
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Anchor lead: Psilocybin’s list of conditions where it may help is expanding, Elizabeth Tracey reports The FDA is reviewing whether the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin should be reclassified to acknowledge areas where it is clinically useful, at the urging of Matthew …