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728 - Methadone Access for Incarcerated Pregnant People
Season 9 Episode 728
Opioid use disorder is a major contributor to maternal mortality in the US. The gold standard of care is medication like methadone, but for incarcera…
2 years, 7 months ago
727 - What The Conviction of a Parent of a High School Shooter Could Mean
Season 9 Episode 727
The manslaughter conviction of Jennifer Crumbley, whose son shot and killed four students at his school, is unprecedented. But will it be a watershed…
2 years, 7 months ago
726 - Substandard and Fake Drugs
Season 9 Episode 726
Imagine going to the pharmacy to buy a needed medicine and then finding out you purchased a falsified product that was, at best, ineffective, but at …
2 years, 7 months ago
BONUS: The Alabama Supreme Court’s Ruling on Frozen Embryos
Season 9
The Alabama Supreme Court issued an extraordinary ruling on February 16 that embryos that are the result of in vitro fertilization are “children.” Pu…
2 years, 7 months ago
725 - “An Unforgiving Virus” Measles Hits the U.S.
Season 9 Episode 725
Measles outbreaks can quickly spread like wildfire. Vaccination expert Dr. Saad Omer returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about th…
2 years, 7 months ago
724 - Social Media and Adolescent Health
Season 9 Episode 724
What's the state of the evidence on the impact of social media on the mental health of adolescents? Dr. Ceren Budak, a computational social scientist…
2 years, 7 months ago
723 - The White House’s Initiative to Eliminate Hepatitis C
Season 9 Episode 723
Deadly hepatitis C is curable, but 2.5 million Americans remain infected without treatment. Dr. Francis Collins, longtime director of the National In…
2 years, 7 months ago
722 - Healing City Baltimore: How A City Is Responding to A Mental Health Crisis
Season 9 Episode 722
From a 2019 school shooting in West Baltimore, Healing City Baltimore was born. The program aims to help city agencies train their employees, reform …
2 years, 7 months ago
721 - Preventing Alcohol Misuse, Use Disorders, and Deaths
Season 9 Episode 721
Alcohol use is the fourth leading cause of death in the US, but there are evidence-based approaches to preventing alcohol misuse and deaths and treat…
2 years, 7 months ago
720 - Medical Diagnostic Errors Are a Public Health Emergency
Season 9 Episode 720
Missed diagnoses account for 800,000 deaths or permanent disabilities among Americans every year. Johns Hopkins neurologist Dr. David Newman-Toker ta…
2 years, 7 months ago