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An Optimized Twitter Avatar
7 October 2014 Darby Cook gets into the science behind online images. What makes a person seem more or less trustworthy in their photos? Do people use their heads or their guts when making a judgement? Listen here. |
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From Drug Use to Drug Abuse
14 October 2014 Kevin interviews Partnership for Drug Free NJ for statistics of heroin abuse, a pharmacogeneticist from UPenn about the molecular and cellular basis of opioid addiction and outlook for better treatments, and guest Danielle who reveals her compelling story about her struggle with addiction. Listen here. |
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HPV: A Gender Neutral Vaccine
21 October 2014 Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is behind 5 percent of all cancers. Although the vaccine has been mostly touted for girls, HPV can also cause three different cancers in males. So why aren't boys getting it? Contributor Sophie Rosenmoss talks with Justine Almada, the Executive Director of the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation. Listen here. |
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Ebola: Effects and Detection
28 October 2014 The Ebola outbreak has been raging for months and has claimed thousands of lives. But what exactly does it do to the human body? Yvonne Bowman spoke to a few experts to find out. Producer Katherine Foley spoke to Emily Zhang. Emily helps run a company called Biomeme, a startup that uses a smartphone app to detect disease faster than ever. Even though Biomeme was originally designed to detect sexually transmitted diseases, it could be integral in detecting Ebola even more quickly Listen here and here. |