Radio Health Journal

Experts explain the brain chemistry of food addiction, how it is virtually identical to the chemistry of drug addiction and alcoholism, and what it means for the nation's fight against obesity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Studies are showing that people who train hard and long at running have death rates similar to couch potatoes. Experts discuss how much exercise is enough and how to make the most of light exercise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US once led the world in proportion of women in the workplace, but that number has declined the last 15 years. Experts explain the factors that are leading women to quit their jobs and stay home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An expert discusses his study of traditional native societies, which shows how human genetics have not adapted to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At some point in their careers, 35 percent of workers will be bullied badly enough to affect their health. Experts discuss the reasons for workplace bullying and how to prevent it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hospitals and clinics often have to stock a huge variety of bandages to address different kinds of wounds. Now a high-tech "smart dressing" can replace them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Measles is more widespread than it has been in years. The current measles outbreak in several states has prompted questions about the responsibility of parents to have their children immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases. Experts discuss this "social contract" cited by courts since colonial times, and why highly-contagious measles is a good test case for the rights and responsibilities of parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people are familiar with the use of Botox to reduce wrinkles and frown lines. But Botox can also be used to reduce the effects of depression. One of the principal researchers on this subject explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctors can cure cancer in children better than ever, but decades later, many survivors suffer from serious, chronic disease as a result of powerful cancer treatments. Often those survivors don't get screening and treatment for late effects. Experts and survivors discuss how treatments influence life decades later, how survivors can get treatment they need, and new ways of treatment can lessen late effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New parents are often at wits' end when their baby won't sleep. Infants who won't sleep and cry inconsolably are also at major risk of being victims of shaken baby syndrome. Experts discuss the connection and ways babies can be more reliable sleepers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sense of touch is often taken lightly, yet it conveys more emotion than any other sense because it literally has a separate emotional wiring system. A neuroscientist explains the sense of touch, how it works, the power it has over everyday decisions, and what can happen when it's not working as it should. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People eat for reasons other than satisfying hunger, and those reasons play a great role in whether we eat too much or not. Experts discuss the role of the environment in our appetites and how we may use it to stay slim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists are learning that the bacteria living inside us, most notably in the intestines, influence our bodies far more than previously suspected. Our microbiome influences many other organs, particularly the liver, brain, and immune system. Different mixes of these bacteria may account for a great deal of the variability among people, particularly in our weight. Two researchers explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few female role models exist at major research universities in scientific fields, subverting efforts to get more women into math and science. Many scientists have dismissed gender bias as a factor. However, new research shows that unintentional bias results in women being subconsciously considered less competent than their male scientific counterparts. Experts explain how unconscious bias exists and its pervasive effect in academia and society at large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eye exams are looking for a lot more than just eye diseases or how well you see. The eye is the window to the rest of our body's health, and many diseases can be spotted there first. An ophthalmologist explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time in history, today more than half of American adults are single. Many are still looking for love--more than 40 million are members of online dating sites, which have their busiest time of the year between now and Valentine's Day. A noted psychologist explains research showing most users have exactly the wrong approach when seeking a good match online, and discusses how they can better their odds of finding true love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2014-2015 flu season started much earlier than normal and so far has been much more severe than usual. Experts explain how this year's mismatch occurred between the flu vaccine and the predominant strain of flu, and how people can protect themselves in spite of the ineffective vaccine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human papilloma viruses are responsible for many cancers, especially cervical cancer and throat cancer. Vaccines exist for the major HPV's that cause these cancers, yet relatively few eligible youths have gotten them. Experts discuss the toll of HPV and the reasons so many people avoid both vaccination and Pap tests that can detect cervical cancer early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music thanolotology is a specialized practice of playing harp music for the dying. A practitioner of the art explains how there is also science to it as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The military is beginning to recognize a new category of emotional and spiritual injury in war--moral injury, a result of committing or witnessing an event such as an atrocity that violate deeply held ethical beliefs. Experts discuss evolution of the concept, how moral injury occurs, and what psychologists are doing to prevent and treat it when it occurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices