054 – Breast Cancer Screening and Generic Drugs

  Breast cancer screening: self-exams, mammograms, ductal carcinoma in situ, Angelina Jolie // The book "Bottle of Lies" and the safety of generic drugs // When cancer research misses its target   * Vox pop by Morgan Sweeney * Jingle by Joseph Hackl of Voodoo Jazz * Additional music by Seth Donnelly and Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. * Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.   To contribute to The Body…

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054 – Breast Cancer Screening and Generic Drugs

  Breast cancer screening: self-exams, mammograms, ductal carcinoma in situ, Angelina Jolie // The book "Bottle of Lies" and the safety of generic drugs // When cancer research misses its target   * Vox pop by Morgan Sweeney * Jingle by Joseph Hackl of Voodoo Jazz * Additional music by Seth Donnelly and Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com. * Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.   To contribute to The Body…

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Inktober 2019 – week 1

For Inktober this year, I’m trying to make 30 different sketches describing flying trilobites. I’ll add to each weekly post as they progress. Here’s week one. Welcome to A Field Guide to Flying Trilobites. We hope you learn something from our team of unruly-haired naturalists wearing smart coats stained with ink, as they share what they’ve gathered in the field. Day 2 - This flying fruit bat-hunting trilobite (Paralejurus artibeus) has large compound eyes for…

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#536 Let Them Eat Dirt

This week on Science for the People, we're discussing how the gut microbiome is shaped by experiences and circumstances during early childhood. We'll be speaking with Dr. Bretty Finlay, co-author of "Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World", about everything from C-sections to widespread antibiotic resistance to using probiotics to treat diseases. Things are about to get messy! Related links: Clinical Guide to Probiotic Products Available in Canada This episode is…

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