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    New Hope for those with Macular Degeneration

    • Episode 1007 • Release 232

    There's a new prosthetic being tested that restored sight to people with AMD, age-related macular degeneration. AMD affects people over age 50 and is a leading cause of vision loss in older adults.

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    PMDs and Advancing Medicine

    • Episode 1006 • Release 231

    Our bodies are useful in other ways after we die. Medical students and researchers need human bodies for dissection and basic research. Scientists have now created a new way for our deceased selves to be helpful. It's called PMD which stands for "physiology maintained deceased"; when there is no brain function and the bodies are kept alive artificially through ventilation and assisted circulation for a limited time.

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    How Fast does an Infection Disease Spread

    • Episode 1005 • Release 231

    If you're looking to big box stores to tell you what season it is, you'd be confused. Halloween decorations in August, and Christmas in September. But for Dave and I, it's clear this is flu season.

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    The Bacteria That Helped To Defeat Napoleon

    • Episode 1004 • Release 231

    Different generations of leaders and soldiers learned the same lesson the hard way. Both Napoleon and Hitler invaded Russia and both armies failed. We now know from a study that two additional diseases plagued Napoleon's troops along with hunger, cold, and harassment from Russian troops.

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    Left Handers Rule

    • Episode 1003 • Release 231

    Sometimes I feel like an alien. Why? I am very left-handed. I can't do anything with my right hand. While this can give me the upper hand (ha!) in tennis, the reality is most of the world is backwards to me. Same for one of my children who had to learn the downsides of being a south paw.

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