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Dr. Bob Berenson Discusses Healthcare's Pricing Problem and Potential Remedies (February 18th)
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(As explained on the podcast home page, this is the second of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This discussio…
5 years, 3 months ago
Co-Editor Dr. Howard Frumkin Discusses "Planetary Health, Protecting Nature To Protect Ourselves" (February 1st)
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Last year Island Press published Planetary Health, Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves, considered the first textbook for the field of p…
5 years, 4 months ago
Dr. Steven Woolf Discusses How (Un)Healthy Are Americans (January 31st)
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(As noted below on the podcast website this discussion is the first of eight interviews concerning federal healthcare policy reform. This …
5 years, 4 months ago
221st Podcast: NRDC's Dr. Vijay Limaye Discusses Measuring the Health-Related Costs of the Climate Crisis (January 14, 2021)
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2020 was yet another record setting temperature year tying 2016 as the warmest on record. 2020 was strikingly warmer than 2019, by about .…
5 years, 4 months ago
Prof. William Darity and Ms. Kirsten Mullen Discuss Their Recent Book, "From Here to Equality, Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century" (December 9th)
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Listeners are aware social determinants significantly explain one's health, as much as 80%. Principally among these is economic status. W…
5 years, 5 months ago
Union of Concerned Scientists' Dr. Rachel Cleetus Discusses What the Biden Administration Needs to Do to Address the Climate Catastrophe (November 18th)
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Catastrophic climate crisis effects continue to accelerate. Atmospheric carbon concentrations are now measured at 417 ppm, the greatest co…
5 years, 6 months ago
Caleb Barlow Discusses Healthcare Industry Ransomware Attacks and Measures to Prevent Cybercrimes (October 27th)
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Computer or cybercrimes against health care providers, moreover hospitals, disenable computer networks holding them for ransom, frequently …
5 years, 7 months ago
John Gorman Discusses the Use of Opportunity Zones to Address Social Determinants (October 21st)
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the social determinants of health (SDOH) - generally defined as health access and q…
5 years, 7 months ago
Climate Neutral's CEO Austin Whitman Discusses Industry Efforts to Go Green (September 30th)
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Collectively termed subnationals, numerous academic institutions, states, cities and other local governments, companies, NGOS and other ent…
5 years, 8 months ago
Dr. David Mayer Discusses Patient Safety During the Time of COVID-19 (September 28th)
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Patient safety, or preventable patient harm, remains a significant threat to patients, particularly seniors, now over 20 years after public…
5 years, 8 months ago