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InfoTrak
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Each INFOTRAK show explores topics of interest to people everywhere, with expert guests and interviews.
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Why Women's Heart Disease and Obesity Will Surge by 2050 and Can admitting you use AI harm your reputation?-Take Control of Your Medical Bills
Apr 2Tap to summarize80% of hospital bills contain errors, and most people dont realize that medical bills are negotiable. Rick Gundling, Senior Vice President of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, recommends that consumers request an itemized bill after hospitalization and review every charge carefully. He explains that prices for healthcare are often negotiable, and hospitals frequently offer financial assistance and prompt-pay discount programsbut healthcare consumers need to ask.
Transcribe →Why Women's Heart Disease and Obesity Will Surge by 2050 and Can admitting you use AI harm your reputation?-Can Admitting You Use AI Harm Your Reputation?
Apr 2Tap to summarizeCan admitting you use AI harm your reputation? Joel Carnevale, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management at Florida International Universitys College of Business led a team that studied audience perceptions of AI-assisted work. They discovered that even a legendary composer couldn't escape reputational damage when AI involvement was disclosed.
Transcribe →Why Women's Heart Disease and Obesity Will Surge by 2050 and Can admitting you use AI harm your reputation?-Why Women's Heart Disease and Obesity Will Surge by 2050
Apr 2Tap to summarizeHere's something that should worry every parent in America: cardiovascular disease and obesity rates among U.S. women are projected to surge dramatically by 2050. Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, explains the reasons behind the troubled trends and how they can help their kids today.
Transcribe →The Loneliness Epidemic at Work and Empowering Girls to Challenge Barriers-he Hidden Epidemic: Why Drowsy Driving Deaths Are 10 Times Higher Than We Thin
Apr 2Tap to summarizeShockingly, drowsy driving claims over 6,000 lives each yearabout ten times what official reports suggest. Jim Hedlund, PhD, roadway safety statistician with Highway Safety North, explains why many of these fatalities go unrecognized, identifies the groups most at risk, and offers two practical strategies to help prevent drowsy driving.
Transcribe →The Loneliness Epidemic at Work and Empowering Girls to Challenge Barriers-Empowering Girls to Challenge Barriers
Apr 2Tap to summarizeFor over 160 years, Girls Inc. has been on a mission that matters: empowering young women from ages 5 to 25 to believe in their own potential. Stephanie Hull, CEO of Girls, Inc., explains how the organization serves nearly 125,000 girls across 75 affiliates in the U.S. and Canada, and how you can get involved.
Transcribe →The Loneliness Epidemic at Work and Empowering Girls to Challenge Barriers-The Loneliness Epidemic at Work: Why Connection Matters More Than Proximity
Apr 2Tap to summarizeOne in four adults report feeling lonely, and the workplace might be making it worse. Berrin Erdogan, PhD, Express Employment Professionals Professor, Cameron Professor of Management & Leadership in the School of Business at Portland State University says feeling invisible at work isn't just unpleasantit's actually dangerous. She discusses the serious physical and emotional consequences of persistent isolation, and offers advice to reduce loneliness on the job.
Transcribe →Why Young Adults Are Giving Up on Love and How EdTech Is Harming Student Learning-Medical Debt and Housing: Breaking the Cycle of Financial Crisis
Apr 2Tap to summarizeWhat happens when a hospital visit doesn't just empty your wallet but puts your housing at risk? Catherine K. Ettman, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shares her groundbreaking research reveals a stark reality: medical debt increases housing instability by 44%. Nearly one in four adults face housing difficulties tied to healthcare costs. She discusses potential solutions to the problem.
Transcribe →Why Young Adults Are Giving Up on Love and How EdTech Is Harming Student Learning-The Digital Delusion: How EdTech Is Harming Student Learning
Apr 2Tap to summarizeJared Cooney Horvath, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist, and author of The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids Learning -- And How To Help Them Thrive Again, drops a startling claim: today's kids are experiencing measurable declines in literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, working memory, and even IQ. His culprit? The very technology we've been told would revolutionize education.
Transcribe →Why Young Adults Are Giving Up on Love and How EdTech Is Harming Student Learning-The Dating Recession: Why Young Adults Are Giving Up on Love
Apr 2Tap to summarizeOnly one-third of young adults are actively dating today, even though most desire serious, long-term committed relationships. Brian Willoughby, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University, blames low confidence in dating skills, reduced face-to-face interaction during adolescence thanks to social media, and the complete erosion of clear dating norms. He said the stakes extend beyond personal happiness; declining dating threatens marriage rates, fertility, and overall family formation in society.
Transcribe →How TV Gets CPR Wrong and Give an Hour-Predicting Disease from Sleep: How AI Reads the Body's Nightly Signals
Apr 2Tap to summarizeSurprisingly, what happens during one night of sleep might reveal more about your health than years of doctor visits. James Zou, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, discusses AI technology that he developed that can predict a persons risk for 130 different diseasesincluding cancer, heart disease, and dementiajust by analyzing a night of sleep.
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