Books Behind Closed Doors with Rene Syler April 30, 2007 • The former CBS co-anchor talks about her life-changing decision — choosing a double mastectomy over the possibility of breast cancer. Also, in her new book she confronts America's obsession with perfect parenthood. Behind Closed Doors with Rene Syler Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9911563/9911564" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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StoryCorps Parents Recall Daughter Who Changed Their World April 27, 2007 • Liddy Horsey was born with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. She didn't reach her ninth birthday — but she changed her parents' lives. Thom Horsey and Karen Manning Horsey recently spoke of how grateful they are. Parents Recall Daughter Who Changed Their World Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9852723/9855781" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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States Adopt New Strategies for Stem-Cell Research April 27, 2007 • The Senate passes a bill to fund embryonic stem-cell research, but President Bush threatens to veto. In the meantime, states are gearing up with their own efforts to fund the research. States Adopt New Strategies for Stem-Cell Research Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9878793/9878794" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Medical Progress Shifts the Abortion Debate April 27, 2007 • Alta Charo, a professor of law and ethics, talks with Steve Inskeep about how medical progress has changed the abortion debate over the years. Medical Progress Shifts the Abortion Debate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9870490/9870491" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health TV-Turnoff Week: Helping Parents Pull the Plug April 26, 2007 • Across the country, families are participating in TV-Turnoff Week — a campaign encouraging Americans to experience life without television, one week at a time. How are kids and their parents holding up? TV-Turnoff Week: Helping Parents Pull the Plug Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9833687/9833688" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Marking a Milestone in Prostate Cancer Treatment April 26, 2007 • Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Patrick Walsh entered an operating room at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital and revolutionized the treatment for prostate cancer. Marking a Milestone in Prostate Cancer Treatment Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9848219/9848261" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Closing the Gaps on Breast Cancer Mortality Rates April 26, 2007 • Researchers for the Susan G. Komen foundation find reasons for high numbers of breast cancer-related deaths in eight U.S. communities. Closing the Gaps on Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9847256/9852648" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Kids' Use of Earbuds Worries Hearing Experts April 26, 2007 • Earbuds that deliver sound directly to the ear canal have become increasingly popular. But hearing specialists are concerned that when earbuds are turned up too loud, they may cause lasting damage to young ears. Kids' Use of Earbuds Worries Hearing Experts Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9797364/9797365" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Mexico City Set to Legalize Abortions of Choice April 24, 2007 • The Mexico City Assembly is poised to pass a measure that would legalize abortion during the first trimester. Current law only allows abortions in cases of rape or for medical concerns. Mexico City Set to Legalize Abortions of Choice Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9796281/9796282" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Balancing Public Safety, Forced Mental Treatment April 24, 2007 • Forced treatment is one of the most polarizing issues in mental health. The process of figuring out when and how to coerce someone into treatment can be difficult. Guests talk about striking the balance between protecting the public safety and protecting a person's individual rights. Listen to this 'Talk of the Nation' topic Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9800820/9800821" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Medicare Money Problems Trigger Warning April 24, 2007 • Medicare is still going broke, according to an annual report to trustees. That's not new, but a mechanism created by Congress in 2003 compels the federal government to take steps to address the problem. A political firestorm is likely. Medicare Money Problems Trigger Warning Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9794068/9794069" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Long View Dr. Ruth on Sex, Humor and Happiness April 24, 2007 • Ruth Westheimer was over 50 when she began her career advising in a very public way — on the most private of matters. For Dr. Ruth, now 78, the key to a happy life is healthy sex. Sexuality education, as she calls it, is serious stuff, but must be taught with some humor, she says. Dr. Ruth on Sex, Humor and Happiness Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9786064/9786418" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Utah Institutes Parental Consent for Tanning Beds April 23, 2007 • Utah teenagers under the age of 18 must now get their parents' permission to visit a tanning salon, a change prompted by growing concern about the dangers of sun exposure to young people. Utah, which ranks in the top five in per capita deaths from melanoma, is joining 26 other states that regulate teenagers' use of tanning beds. Utah Institutes Parental Consent for Tanning Beds Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9783165/9783166" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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News Iraqi Children Suffer Mental Stress from War April 21, 2007 • A new study in Iraq surveyed 2,500 kids, randomly chosen from a middle-income area of north Baghdad, to see if researchers could determine the effects of the war on their mental health. Iraqi Children Suffer Mental Stress from War Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9750915/9750916" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Ruling Changes the Legal Landscape for Abortion April 21, 2007 • At the United States Supreme Court this week, a newly constituted court — with two new Bush appointees — changed the landscape on abortion. By a 5-4 vote the court upheld a regulation banning the abortion procedure that opponents call partial birth. Ruling Changes the Legal Landscape for Abortion Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9750924/9750926" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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