Health Care Canadian Doctors Cautious On Cholesterol Drug March 31, 2008 • U.S. doctors have been quick to prescribe Ezetimibe, a powerful new drug to lower cholesterol. Canadian doctors have been taking a "wait and see" attitude because there's no evidence that the drug can effectively reverse heart disease like cholesterol-lowering statins can. Canadian Doctors Cautious On Cholesterol Drug Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89248553/89249625" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Marketplace' Report: Cholesterol Chaos March 31, 2008 • Four cardiologists are telling doctors to stop prescribing two popular cholesterol drugs. They say the drugs might not work and recommend taking an older class of anti-cholesterol drugs. 'Marketplace' Report: Cholesterol Chaos Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89237212/89237193" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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New Research Validates Runner's High March 31, 2008 • Scientists have finally found proof of the long-accepted, but elusive "runner's high." How can a runner get the maximum benefit from their "trip?" New Research Validates Runner's High Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89237223/89237196" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Deadline to Switch Medicare Plans Nears March 27, 2008 • The open season for Medicare participants closes at the end of the month. Millions of people have until March 31 to switch Medicare health plans. Joanne Silberner reports on who might want to switch, and how they can do it. Deadline to Switch Medicare Plans Nears Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89140749/89140714" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Why Kids Curse March 27, 2008 • No one expects a 3-year-old who dresses like a princess to swear like a sailor, and yet some do. Experts say it's a part of the process of learning language. Why Kids Curse Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89127830/89140715" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Cancer Study Funded by Cigarette Company March 26, 2008 • A study on lung cancer says CT scans can dramatically reduce deaths by 80 percent. After the findings were published, a reporter discovered the controversial root of the funds, however. Cancer Study Funded by Cigarette Company Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89114979/89114966" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Global Health WHO Reports Polio Eradicated in Somalia March 26, 2008 • The World Health Organization says a massive vaccination campaign has eliminated polio in Somalia. But with war, drought and food shortages bringing on a catastrophic humanitarian crisis there, polio "could absolutely return," one doctor says. WHO Reports Polio Eradicated in Somalia Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89100016/89099991" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Global Health Better Tests Needed to Control Tuberculosis March 26, 2008 • The World Health Organization reports a slowdown in progress against tuberculosis. In some countries, the disease is coming back. In others, it is taking on new and more deadly forms. And in poor countries, many people don't find out that they have TB until it's too late to treat them — and too late to protect others from infection. Better Tests Needed to Control Tuberculosis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89100013/89099990" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National 'Cheese' Heroin Hooking Young Users in Dallas March 26, 2008 • A cheap but highly addictive form of heroin known as "cheese" has swept through Dallas in recent years, and local health officials are seeing Hispanic children as young as 9 suffering from the crushing effects of withdrawal. 'Cheese' Heroin Hooking Young Users in Dallas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89070113/89099994" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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School Helps Autistic Kids Navigate 'Foreign Land' March 25, 2008 • At Croyden Avenue School — one of the few public preschools in the country to offer one-on-one counseling for autistic children — progress comes on many scales. With the teachers' help, Gibson Brown's family is learning to accept his slow, but steady, development. School Helps Autistic Kids Navigate 'Foreign Land' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89044316/89043621" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Agency Pushes Flu Shots for All Youth March 24, 2008 • The committee that sets standards for immunizations recommended that all children age 18 and under get annual shots. The new standards could create a logistical nightmare. Agency Pushes Flu Shots for All Youth Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88961730/88961716" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics To Tell or Not? Disclosing Candidate Health Issues March 24, 2008 • Running for president eight years ago, John McCain released details about his bout with melanoma that left his face scarred and red. Candidates and presidents historically have evaded questions about their own health — or even lied. To Tell or Not? Disclosing Candidate Health Issues Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88789897/88939803" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
To Tell or Not? Disclosing Candidate Health Issues Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88789897/88939803" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Global Health Fresh Water Out of Reach for Many Worldwide March 21, 2008 • March 22nd is annual World Water Day, a tradition started by the United Nations in the early 1990s. "Every 20 seconds," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, "A child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally." Fresh Water Out of Reach for Many Worldwide Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88748664/88748660" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Ob/Gyn Group: New Ethics Standards Misinterpreted March 20, 2008 • Ob/Gyns who don't want to perform or refer for abortions are not at risk of losing their board certification after all. The Department of Health and Human Services had objected to new guidelines for groups that oversee the nation's obstetricians and gynecologists. But the director of one of those groups says HHS got it all wrong. Ob/Gyn Group: New Ethics Standards Misinterpreted Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88650797/88650757" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Doctors' 'Treat the Numbers' Approach Challenged March 20, 2008 • It can take scientists a decade or more to determine whether a drug actually works. In the meantime, doctors rely on other measures, like testing blood pressure and cholesterol levels, to determine whether a drug is having positive effects. But recent studies challenge the practice of prescribing medicine based on certain test results. Doctors' 'Treat the Numbers' Approach Challenged Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88650768/88650749" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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