August 16, 2020

Healthy Food Choices & Preventing Rural Suicides

Episode Segments:

Healthy Food Choices Your body functions best when you feed it healthy food. Yet, many Americans make the wrong food choices. Sophie Egan, author of “How to Be A Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet” offers easy-to-remember suggestions for making practical decisions about food and how to choose foods that have the least impact on the environment.
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Preventing Rural Suicides Rural suicides are on the rise. Bindu Kalesan, PhD, from the Boston University School of Public Health, outlines the seriousness of the problem. She says there other mental health interventions that are more effective than gun control.
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Herd Immunity The concept of herd immunity has sparked debate about whether it would control the spread of COVID-19. Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and researcher, discusses how the body works to fight off disease and whether herd immunity could resolve the pandemic.
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