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boisestatepublicradio.org | Ashley Locke |Deborah Becker
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline. While President Trump wants to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse declining birth rates, his administration has also to better understand the health of new mothers.
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5 days ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Deborah Becker |Thomas Danielian
A new artificial intelligence algorithm can scan your face to determine your biological age. That information can be used to determine treatment options for a number of patients, including how aggressively to treat patients with diseases like cancer or other chronic illnesses.
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5 days ago | 
tpr.org | Deborah Becker |Thomas Danielian
A new artificial intelligence algorithm can scan your face to determine your biological age. That information can be used to determine treatment options for a number of patients, including how aggressively to treat patients with diseases like cancer or other chronic illnesses.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Deborah Becker
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have discovered that some psychedelic compounds appear to alter how the immune system communicates with the brain, offering hope that psychedelics have the potential to alleviate some mental health disorders. Past research has suggested that immune signaling from chronic stress, fear and resulting inflammation can drive some psychiatric diseases.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Willis Arnold |Deborah Becker
Deborah Becker Host/ReporterDeborah Becker is a senior correspondent and host at WBUR. Her reporting focuses on mental health, criminal justice and education.
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3 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Claire Donnelly |Will Walkey |Deborah Becker
As the Trump Administration looks to cut government spending, many Indigenous communities say they’re losing vital public services. It could be a violation of long-standing treaties between tribes and the federal government. GuestsMary Annette Pember, national correspondent for ICT News. Enrolled member of the Red Cliff of Wisconsin Ojibwe tribe. Author of the book Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.
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3 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Deborah Becker
Where We’re Going, and How I Got HereThis is a great moment for medical science. We understand biology with unprecedented insight, and we have figured out how to use that knowledge to create medicines to cure or prevent illness with a power that was impossible just a generation ago. It should be a glo-rious time to be a patient or a doctor, but most patients and doctors don’t feel that way.
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1 month ago | 
wbur.org | Willis Arnold |Deborah Becker
How Spotify shapes how we listen to music45:52Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your siteCopy embed codeResume (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Spotify promised independent artists a new revenue stream, and listeners exposure to new music. In the new book 'Mood Machine,' music journalist Liz Pelly examines how the streaming giant has shaped our listening habits.
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1 month ago | 
wbur.org | Claire Donnelly |Will Walkey |Deborah Becker
46:14ResumeMany on the political right accuse the left of policing what people can and can't say. Now, the Trump administration is cracking down on words related to diversity and inclusion. Has a so-called 'woke right' replaced the so-called 'woke left?'Thomas Chatterton Williams, staff writer at The Atlantic. Hannah Arendt Center Senior Fellow at Bard College. Author of the recent piece “How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left.”Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University.
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1 month ago | 
wbur.org | Willis Arnold |Deborah Becker
How groceries are priced45:57Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/04/08/how-groceries-priced-pandemic-inflation"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumeA shopper checks an information sign about eggs and empty shelves at a grocery store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y.
