Health Weighing the Potential Risks of Nanotech April 28, 2006 • What are the potential environmental and health risks of nanotechnology? And what can be done to make sure that small tech doesn't lead to big problems? Weighing the Potential Risks of Nanotech Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369304/5369305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Researchers Say Gene Therapy Increased Cancer Risk April 28, 2006 • New research shows that an effort to cure X-SCID (also known as the "bubble boy disease") using gene therapy may have had an unintended consequence -- causing cancer in people who tested the therapy. Researchers Say Gene Therapy Increased Cancer Risk Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369307/5369308" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Researchers Say Gene Therapy Increased Cancer Risk Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369307/5369308" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Your Health Slate's Medical Examiner: Shots for World Travelers April 27, 2006 • Does travel to exotic lands always require special vaccinations and medications? Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate contributor and Yale University medical professor Dr. Sydney Spiesel about what precautions travelers should take before setting off. Slate's Medical Examiner: Shots for World Travelers Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5366527/5366528" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Vaccine for Marburg Virus Tests Well in Monkeys April 27, 2006 • Researchers say they've successfully treated monkeys who were infected with Marburg virus, a cousin of the Ebola virus. This is the first time a vaccine has been shown to be effective as a treatment for deadly viruses like Marburg. Vaccine for Marburg Virus Tests Well in Monkeys Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5365842/5365843" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Thembi's AIDS Diary April 25, 2006 • More than 5 million South Africans live with AIDS. Thembi Ngubane was 16 when she was diagnosed. She talks about living with AIDS and how she works to keep the disease from destroying her spirit. Thembi's AIDS Diary Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5361895/5361896" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Q&A: Access to HIV/AIDS Care in South Africa April 19, 2006 • Nathan Geffen, policy coordinator for the Treatment Action Campaign, offers a big-picture look at AIDS and the accessibility of treatment in South Africa today. He says insufficient political will and a lack of human resources in the health care system are the two biggest obstacles to ensuring adequate care of people with HIV/AIDS.
Radio Diaries Out of Hiding, Into the World: Thembi's AIDS Diary April 19, 2006 • Thembi Ngubane lives in one of South Africa's largest townships. She has a boyfriend and is close to her parents. She is living with AIDS. For a year, she recorded her daily struggles and triumphs. Out of Hiding, Into the World: Thembi's AIDS Diary Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5311801/5351762" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Out of Hiding, Into the World: Thembi's AIDS Diary Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5311801/5351762" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Monkey Biz: S. African Artists Join to Fight AIDS April 13, 2006 • Farai Chideya talks with Mathapelo Ngaka and Barbara Jackson, South African artists who run the company Monkeybiz. Their venture sells traditional beadwork to raise money for AIDS awareness and prevention projects. Monkey Biz: S. African Artists Join to Fight AIDS Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5339907/5339908" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Q & A: Defining Pandemic Flu April 6, 2006 • The H5N1 bird flu virus is the main candidate for triggering a human influenza pandemic. The virus continues to stretch around the globe, with outbreaks as widespread as China, Nigeria and Scotland. NPR's editors Joe Neel and David Malakoff answer questions about the potential for a flu pandemic and the status of influenza treatments and vaccines.
Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Alaska on the Lookout for First Sign of Bird Flu April 5, 2006 • In the next few weeks, millions of songbirds, shorebirds and waterfowl will begin arriving in Alaska to breed. These migratory birds -- some of which wintered in Southeast Asia -- could bring with them the deadly strain of bird flu known as avian influenza A, or H5N1. Alaska on the Lookout for First Sign of Bird Flu Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5323435/5323440" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Mixed Results from Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine March 30, 2006 • An experimental bird flu vaccine has potential to offer protection from a pandemic, according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. But the research also suggests the effective dose is much greater than originally thought, and it works in only half of all patients. Mixed Results from Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5312047/5312048" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Why Is Avian Flu So Hard to Catch? March 24, 2006 • New studies show that the avian flu virus doesn't pass easily between humans. Two different teams of scientists think they know why. Their studies appeared this week in Nature and Science and detail what makes this disease different from human flu viruses. Why Is Avian Flu So Hard to Catch? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299790/5299791" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Mixing Up Meds to Treat Depression March 24, 2006 • Results of the nation's largest depression study are out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, and the message largely backs up what psychiatrists and patients have known for a long time: You may have to try many different drugs before you find the one -- or ones -- that work. Mixing Up Meds to Treat Depression Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299796/5299797" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Moving a Diabetes Cure from Mice to People March 24, 2006 • What will it take to get a diabetes treatment that works in mice to clinical trials? Moving a Diabetes Cure from Mice to People Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5299793/5299794" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Global Warming 'Weather Makers' Seeks to End Climate Debate Fresh Air March 22, 2006 • Discussions of global warming and climate change often center around anecdote and cyclical analysis. Scientist Tim Flannery seeks to clarify current — and future — conditions in The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth. 'Weather Makers' Seeks to End Climate Debate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5293273/5293278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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