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In-Depth Series: Health and Healthcare

  • Number of episodes: 35
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2008-07-21
  • Date of latest show: 2022-01-24
  • Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3
A open series about Health and Healthcare

hpr3516 :: Rant about RX hosted by operat0r

2022-01-24. 00:21:43. Explicit.
rant.

This is a rant mostly about prescriptions and health care

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hpr3445 :: True critical thinking seems to be the key hosted by Dave Morriss

2021-10-15. 01:12:08. Explicit.
COVID-19, social distancing, masks, aerosol, Vitamin D3, body temperature, vaccines.

A response to HPR 3414

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hpr3248 :: SARS-CoV-2 detection by PCR explanation hosted by Mr. Young

2021-01-13. 00:24:24. Clean.
PCR, COVID019.

This episode summarizes the process to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 by PCR

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hpr3223 :: My COVID year summary hosted by Mr. Young

2020-12-09. 00:18:10. Clean.
covid, healthcare, coronavirus, laboratory.

I summarize what I've been doing for the last year

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hpr3191 :: Swedish Corona Experience hosted by Daniel Persson

2020-10-26. 00:16:09. Clean.
corona, sweden.

I will cover my experience of the Corona virus

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hpr3185 :: Pandemics In History hosted by Ahuka

2020-10-16. 00:17:42. Clean.
Health, Infectious Disease, History, Pandemics.

Infectious disease is one of the most important factors influencing human history

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hpr3137 :: Coronavirus Update 2020-07-30 hosted by Ahuka

2020-08-11. 00:22:44. Clean.
Health, Coronavirus.

Where we are with this pandemic, and how should we respond?

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hpr3078 :: Coronavirus Update 2020-05-07 hosted by Ahuka

2020-05-20. 00:14:38. Clean.
Health, Coronavirus.

Where we are with this pandemic, and how should we respond?

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hpr3054 :: Coronavirus Thoughts hosted by Ahuka

2020-04-16. 00:18:21. Clean.
Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19.

Where we are with this pandemic, and how should we respond.

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hpr3048 :: Alternatives to toilet paper hosted by Klaatu

2020-04-08. 00:11:42. Explicit.
hygiene.

A non-satirical and non-sarcastic review of alternatives to toilet paper.

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hpr2960 :: Dehydrated Foods hosted by Ahuka

2019-12-06. 00:13:55. Clean.
Health, Diet.

Dehydrating your own fruits and vegetables for healthy snacks

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hpr2880 :: Evaluating a Study hosted by Ahuka

2019-08-16. 00:14:21. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Evidence, Science, Studies.

We've developed the standards to judge, so now let's do an example!

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hpr2870 :: Hierarchy of Evidence hosted by Ahuka

2019-08-02. 00:14:25. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Evidence, Science, Studies.

All studies are not the same. Some are better than others.

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hpr2705 :: Evidence-based Medicine hosted by Ahuka

2018-12-14. 00:16:53. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Evidence, Science.

Medicine should be based on objective scientific evidence

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hpr2695 :: Problems with Studies hosted by Ahuka

2018-11-30. 00:13:18. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Medical Studies, Evaluating Studies.

Some principles for evaluating medical studies

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hpr2685 :: Scientific and Medical Reports hosted by Ahuka

2018-11-16. 00:14:14. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Medical Studies, News Reports.

We need to be careful about evaluating news reports about medical studies

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hpr2665 :: Exercise and Diet hosted by Ahuka

2018-10-19. 00:17:21. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Exercise, Diet.

Exercise and Diet are primary to health

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hpr2655 :: Sleep Apnea and Afib hosted by Ahuka

2018-10-05. 00:11:45. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Apnea, Heart, Afib, Atrial Fibrillation.

How Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation entered my life

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hpr2615 :: Cancer hosted by Ahuka

2018-08-10. 00:17:23. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Cancer, Prostate, Colon, Lungs.

My history with cancer and how I have dealt with it.

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hpr2605 :: The Eyes Have It hosted by Ahuka

2018-07-27. 00:09:59. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Eye Care, Vision.

My history with vision issues and how I have dealt with them.

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hpr2580 :: Diabetes hosted by Ahuka

2018-06-22. 00:14:01. Clean.
Health, Medicine, Diabetes.

This is the story of how I became diabetic and what I did about it.

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hpr2530 :: Introduction to Health hosted by Ahuka

2018-04-13. 00:11:59. Clean.
Health, Medicine.

This is the Introduction to a series on health and taking care of yourself

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hpr2470 :: Obamacare Update At The End Of 2017 hosted by Ahuka

2018-01-19. 00:13:18. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy, Insurance Marketplace, Obamacare.

Where is US Health Care policy as we head into 2018?

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hpr2426 :: Let's Talk About Addiction hosted by lostnbronx

2017-11-20. 00:10:55. Explicit.
addiction, mental health.

Lostnbronx shares some thoughts about the need to talk about addiction.

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hpr2413 :: personal health care hosted by Bitbox

2017-11-01. 00:05:44. Explicit.
health, personal health.

wherein bitbox discovers he is fat, and can no longer find his feet

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hpr2395 :: Obamacare hosted by Ahuka

2017-10-06. 00:15:49. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy, Insurance Marketplace, Obamacare.

What did Obamacare do?

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hpr2387 :: Free Weights and a Bicycle hosted by Frank Bell

2017-09-26. 00:20:46. Clean.
exercise, free weights, physical fitness.

Frank discusses his life-long love for free weights

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hpr2385 :: Healthcare Costs hosted by Ahuka

2017-09-22. 00:12:52. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy, Insurance Marketplace, Healthcare Costs.

What are the cost pressures in healthcare?

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hpr2375 :: Competing Interests hosted by Ahuka

2017-09-08. 00:16:00. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy, Insurance Marketplace.

We look at the marketplace and see how everyone's interests clash

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hpr2360 :: Tradeoffs in the US Health Care System hosted by Ahuka

2017-08-18. 00:12:36. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy, Insurance Marketplace.

Financing health care means choices to be made

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hpr2343 :: Healthcare in the Netherlands hosted by Ken Fallon

2017-07-26. 00:18:29. Explicit.
Health Insurance.

Ken reads the Wikipedia article on Healthcare in the Netherlands

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hpr2325 :: Insurance - How It Works hosted by Ahuka

2017-06-30. 00:21:32. Clean.
Health Insurance, Health Policy.

To begin discussing the policy we need to first explain how insurance works

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hpr2286 :: Surviving a Stroke hosted by Tony Hughes AKA TonyH1212

2017-05-08. 00:10:44. Clean.
health, stroke, recovery, TIA.

on the 2nd of February I had a stroke, this is my story

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hpr2075 :: Skin cancer hosted by Clinton Roy

2016-07-15. 00:05:59. Explicit.
skin cancer, melanoma, UV, ultraviolet light.

My recent experience with skin cancer, and a primer on UV

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hpr145 :: Stop smoking hosted by Ken Fallon

2008-07-21. 00:08:36. Explicit.
self-help, stop smoking, health.

A show to encourage you to give up smoking

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