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The Healthland Podcast: Brown Fat, Crawling-Skin Disease, Messy Desks and Kids’ Vaccines
This week on the podcast: how your brown fat can burn white fat, whether Morgellons disease is real, what your messy desk says about you (it’s not what you think), and how chemicals in household items may weaken children’s …
The Healthland Podcast: Paula Deen, Gossip that’s Good for You, and Why Men Spend More Money
This week on the podcast: the brouhaha over southern cook Paula Deen’s diabetes diagnosis, why gossiping isn’t all bad (it can lower stress!), and the effect of a female shortage on how much money men spend. Click the play button …
The Healthland Podcast: Grief and Heartbreak, Breastfeeding, and Memory
This week, we discuss how grief can break your heart, surprising findings on nicotine and memory, and why Sesame Street no longer shows breastfeeding.
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The Healthland Podcast: Marriage in Decline, Driving While Texting, and ‘Vocal Fry’
John Cloud is away on a reporting trip, so our beloved Healthland contributor Meredith Melnick joins us this week and Belinda Luscombe steps in as host. We discuss (and demonstrate) a language trend among women called the “vocal …
The Healthland Podcast: Plan B, Temper Tantrums and Prostate Cancer
This week turned out to be “outrage week” here at the Healthland Podcast. We react to the federal overturn of the FDA’s decision to allow Plan B to be sold over-the-counter. We also debate the latest advice on prostate cancer …
The Healthland Podcast: AIDS, Behavioral Economics, and the Psychology of Morality
Welcome back. This week we have a special guest, Rana Foroohar, TIME’s assistant managing editor for business and economics. She discusses why the global economy could be diagnosed with schizophrenia. But first, Belinda updates …
The Healthland Podcast: Pepper Spray, Sleep Apnea, and How Long to Wait Between Pregnancies
Welcome to our Thanksgiving edition. This week we discuss whether pepper spray is a useful tool or a form of torture. Also, we talk about the dramatic rise in diagnoses of sleep apnea. And we try to puzzle out the optimal period …
The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, “Broken Heart Syndrome,” and Teen Sex
This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. Also, we talk about why breakups can literally break the heart, especially for women. And we dive into the …
The Healthland Podcast: Sexual Abuse, Memory and the Painkiller Epidemic
This week on the podcast, we use the Penn State and Herman Cain cases as a starting point for a discussion of the complicated relationships among sexual abuse, sexual harassment, trauma and memory. We also discuss the dramatic …
The Healthland Podcast: Spanking, Drinking and Mind Control
Welcome back to the Healthland Podcast. This week, we discuss the harrowing “spanking” case in Texas, the benefits and risks of alcohol, and a new device that allows you to control images on your screen only by concentrating. …
The Healthland Podcast: Super Broccoli, Yo-Yo Dieting, and Why Toddlers Are Terrible
Welcome back! This week on the podcast: why dieters can’t seem to keep the weight off, a new breed of super broccoli that promises to lower your cholesterol, and research suggesting that kids’ aggression can be traced back to …
The Healthland Podcast: How Vitamins Can Hurt, Teen Sex, and How Money Affects Marriage
We’re back with three great topics this week: research showing dietary supplements are linked to a higher risk of early death; evidence that the internet might actually be useful in teaching teens healthy sexual behavior; and new …