| May 16, 2012 |
Spoiled Milk
- A listener asks why milk goes bad more quickly than other beverages.
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| May 3, 2012 |
Body Clock Reset
- Adjusting a mouse's body clock improves its metabolism and promotes weight loss.
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| May 1, 2012 |
Room Bacteria
- Just by entering a room, you stir up millions of microorganisms.
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| April 24, 2012 |
Matching the Drug to the Bug
- A new technique can quickly identify a pathogen and size up its drug resistance, all with one test.
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| April 20, 2012 |
Translational Medicine Roundup
- A microscopic capsule delivers chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells without damaging healthy cells.
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| April 16, 2012 |
Internet Symptom Checkers
- People draw different conclusions from online symptom checkers, depending on how the symptoms are listed.
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| April 11, 2012 |
Tumor-Shrinking Drug
- Scientists are testing a drug that shrinks a wide variety of cancerous tumors.
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| April 9, 2012 |
Antibiotics and Asthma
- Taking antibiotics early in life can lead to asthma, according to a study in mice.
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| April 6, 2012 |
Podcast for 6 April 2012
- MEDICINE - A promising new drug that could work on all types of cancer. New evidence linking antibiotic use to asthma. Also, a test that takes the guesswork out of choosing the right antibiotic when one is needed. And, how your biological clock affects your health.
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| March 30, 2012 |
Podcast for 30 March 2012
- GERMS & PEOPLE - Does opening the windows spread germs around? Why health-related websites may be scaring people unnecessarily. And, how the heart burns fat.
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New Health Roundup
- People whose blood pressure is different in each arm could be at greater risk for vascular disease.
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| March 28, 2012 |
Blowing Away Germs
- A listener asks if opening all the windows will spread cold and flu germs around.
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| March 27, 2012 |
Naked Mole Rat Brains
- Researchers have figured out why naked mole rats are resistant to stroke.
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| March 23, 2012 |
Transplant Roundup
- Proteins made from cow collagen could help protect aging gums.
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| March 21, 2012 |
Other Blood Types
- New research adds 2 more rare blood type systems to a surprisingly long list.
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| March 19, 2012 |
Heart Hormones & Fat
- Hormones released by the heart may help burn fat.
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| March 16, 2012 |
Chemical Roundup
- Though illegal, the drug LSD may be effective against alcoholism.
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| March 14, 2012 |
Cellular Quality Control
- A newly discovered protein regulates the quality of our DNA.
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| March 12, 2012 |
Egg-Producing Stem Cells
- Contrary to popular belief, women can produce new egg cells in adulthood.
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| March 9, 2012 |
Podcast for 9 March 2012
- NEW MEDICINE - A rare mutation that protects people from diabetes and cancer. How the pancreas "tastes" sugar. And a new implantable microchip that delivers an osteoporosis drug. Also: chimpanzees may yawn for the same reason humans do.
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Health Chemistry Roundup
- New research suggests that caffeine drinking by breastfeeding mothers may cause irritability in their babies.
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| March 6, 2012 |
Fructose-Tasting Pancreas
- Taste receptors on the pancreas may enable fructose sweeteners to boost obesity.
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| March 2, 2012 |
Psychology Roundup
- A blood test may help diagnose major depression.
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| March 1, 2012 |
Cancer & Diabetes Resistance
- A rare genetic mutation makes people very short, but also resistant to cancer and diabetes.
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| February 28, 2012 |
Drug Microchip
- An implantable microchip can deliver drugs one day at a time for at least a year.
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| February 24, 2012 |
Nanotech Roundup
- The flight of butterflies could inspire miniature flying robots.
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| February 20, 2012 |
Video Games vs. Cataracts
- Playing certain types of video games can improve the vision of people who were born with cataracts.
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| February 18, 2012 |
Podcast for 18 February 2012
- AAAS 2012 ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL - This week, we're coming to you from Vancouver, British Columbia, where scientists are gathering to tackle issues or global importance, such as how to boost crop productivity to feed a growing population, and making cookstoves safer for the world's poor. Also: video games to combat cataracts, and ultra-thin electronics printed with silver ink.
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| February 17, 2012 |
Safer Cookstoves
- Cleaner cookstoves could save millions of lives and slow global warming.
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| February 14, 2012 |
Music-Powered Sensor
- Sound waves from music, particularly rap, could charge up medical implants.
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| February 13, 2012 |
Brain Window
- Researchers have captured images of single brain cells in a live animal.
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| February 3, 2012 |
Podcast for 3 February 2012
- BABY SCIENCE - Why babies read lips, and how toddlers' napping habits could affect their mood for the rest of their lives. Also: Do Stradivarius violins really sound better?
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Health Roundup
- A new test for blood sugar levels uses saliva instead of blood.
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| January 20, 2012 |
Nutrition Roundup
- Eating grapes protects against macular degeneration in mice.
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| January 12, 2012 |
Muscle Regeneration
- Researchers have used reprogrammed human cells to create new muscle tissue in mice.
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| January 10, 2012 |
Antidepressant Drug Test
- A blood test reveals how well a patient may respond to a particular antidepressant.
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| January 5, 2012 |
Predicting Side Effects
- Computer scientists have developed a mathematical model to predict a drug’s side-effects before they can harm patients.
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| December 30, 2011 |
Critter Chemicals Roundup
- Some of the most potent antibiotics and insecticides come from animals. Researchers have identified some promising new candidates, derived from ants and frogs.
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| December 28, 2011 |
Collecting & Hoarding
- A listener asks why some people become collectors and hoarders.
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| December 21, 2011 |
Eye Training for Surgeons
- Surgeons, like athletes, may benefit from learning to use their eyes like experts.
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| December 19, 2011 |
Taxi Driver Brains
- The brains of would-be London taxi drivers get bigger during their multi-year training for the job.
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| December 15, 2011 |
Depression Prevention Training
- Researchers hope to stave off depression by training kids to gravitate toward positive images.
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| December 14, 2011 |
Starving Fat Cells
- A drug that cuts of the blood supply to fat cells resulted in significant weight loss in obese monkeys.
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| December 12, 2011 |
Placebos & Pain
- Can the placebo effect be harnessed to help people with chronic pain?
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| December 1, 2011 |
Building With Viruses
- Researchers have turned viruses into molecular building blocks.
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| November 28, 2011 |
Rice Blood Protein
- Scientists in China and North America have produced human blood protein from genetically modified rice seeds.
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| November 17, 2011 |
Gut Stem Cells
- Overfeeding fruit flies sets off a chain reaction that makes their intestine grow.
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| November 16, 2011 |
Light-Based Pacemaker
- Scientists have designed a pacemaker that restarts the heart with light instead of electricity.
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| November 15, 2011 |
Python Plasma
- Fatty acids in python blood stimulate healthy heart growth.
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| November 11, 2011 |
Podcast for 11 November 2011
- ANIMALS & HEALTH - Why one insect's mating habits could lead to its downfall, why predators are literally scaring dragonflies to death, and pythons reveal the benefits of having a big heart. Also: why animals swimming in the ocean may be affecting the global climate.
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