Your Health Teen Smoking Rates at a Standstill May 31, 2007 • A celebrated decline in teen smoking in the late '90s and early 2000s seems to be over. Surveys of middle- and high-schoolers show that the decline has decelerated considerably, and some say the change is due to fewer anti-smoking ad campaigns. Teen Smoking Rates at a Standstill Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10567140/10567164" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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TB Patient Sparks Public Health Scare TB Patient Identified; Father-in-Law Works at CDC May 31, 2007 • The Georgia man who shuttled around Europe while infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis has been identified as attorney Andrew Speaker, 31, of Atlanta. Speaker's father-in-law, Bob Cooksey, works at the Centers for Disease Control as a microbiologist in the tuberculosis division. TB Patient Identified; Father-in-Law Works at CDC Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10588684/10588685" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Analysis Who Should Decide the Ideal Global Climate? May 31, 2007 • It is arrogant for certain people to decide that today's climate is the best climate for all other human beings, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told NPR's Morning Edition. Michele Norris talks with Richard Alley, who specializes in climate change and is a geosciences professor at Penn State University. Who Should Decide the Ideal Global Climate? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10588679/10588682" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health The Pill, Forty Years On May 31, 2007 • When the pill was first introduced four decades ago, it created a revolution in women's sexuality. A look at what's changed about the pill, and future trends in birth control. The Pill, Forty Years On Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10585802/10585840" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Bush Calls for Goal-Setting on Climate Change May 31, 2007 • Bush urged 15 major industrial nations to reach an agreement by the end of next year on goals for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Research News Avandia Scare Continues to Raise Concerns May 31, 2007 • Recent news that Avandia may increase the risk of heart problems continues to cause widespread concern. The drug is commonly used to treat diabetes by helping to lower blood sugar. Dr. Carol Horowitz and author Harriet Washington, a bioethicist, discuss the disturbing findings and how it impacts the more than 20 million Americans with diabetes. Avandia Scare Continues to Raise Concerns Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10572638/10572639" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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TB Traveler Exposes Diagnosis Problems May 31, 2007 • The Georgia man who flew to Europe while infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis reveals a fundamental problem in controlling the disease. It takes doctors weeks, sometimes longer, before they are able to conclusively diagnose suspected TB. TB Traveler Exposes Diagnosis Problems Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10571502/10571503" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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TB Patient Sparks Public Health Scare Man Eluded Attempts to Control Deadly TB Strain May 30, 2007 • Against the advice of infectious disease experts, a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis was able to deliberately evade a worldwide no-fly order and travel freely by commercial jet last week around the globe. Man Eluded Attempts to Control Deadly TB Strain Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10554040/10554041" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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American Red Cross Fights Ban On Gays' Blood May 30, 2007 • For two decades, the Food and Drug Administration has prohibited gay and bisexual men from giving blood as a precaution against AIDS. But three major blood collection agencies, including the American Red Cross, argue the practice is no longer warranted. The FDA disagrees. Joel Ginsberg, head of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, says the ban unfairly discriminates. American Red Cross Fights Ban On Gays' Blood Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10540971/10540972" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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TB Patient Sparks Public Health Scare Air Traveler With Drug-Resistant TB Quarantined May 30, 2007 • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have quarantined an airline passenger with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. The CDC is telling passengers to get checked but says the risk is low that they may become infected. Air Traveler With Drug-Resistant TB Quarantined Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10538667/10538668" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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CDC Issues Quarantine Over Tuberculosis Case May 29, 2007 • The CDC has placed a Georgia man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis under quarantine, the first time a quarantine order has been issued in the United States since 1963. Authorities say the man may have exposed passengers and crew aboard two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. Robert Siegel talks with CDC Director Julie Gerberding. CDC Issues Quarantine Over Tuberculosis Case Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10518734/10518735" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Presidential Hopefuls Highlight Health Care May 29, 2007 • Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) unveils his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system Tuesday, on the heels of part one of the three-part plan unveiled by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) last week. The candidates are using one of the most potent domestic issues in the campaign to tailor their messages. Presidential Hopefuls Highlight Health Care Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10518728/10518729" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Marriage Suffers Under the Strain of PTSD May 28, 2007 • Anna and Peter Mohan are a couple in their 20s who married just before Peter went to Iraq with the Army. When he came back, Peter was a different man — morose, withdrawn and, eventually, suicidal. Marriage Suffers Under the Strain of PTSD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10498849/10498851" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Study: Kids' Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too May 28, 2007 • When children have serious sleep problems, their parents suffer too. A study of 10,000 children shows that parents run into physical and mental health problems when their preschoolers can't sleep. Study: Kids' Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10496276/10496279" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News DNA Finding May Aid Breast Cancer Fight May 27, 2007 • Breast cancer runs in families, but finding the genes responsible has proven difficult. Now scientists have found five more regions of DNA that may be tied to an increased risk of breast cancer. DNA Finding May Aid Breast Cancer Fight Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10486245/10486246" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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