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Each INFOTRAK show explores topics of interest to people everywhere, with expert guests and interviews.
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Beauty Routines and Your Health and Recovering From a Concussion-Increasing Your Odds of Success
Jan 22Tap to summarizeAfter two successive job losses, Kyle Austin Young, business strategy consultant, author of Success Is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds, pivoted to consulting, realizing that all his clients shared a common goal: improving their odds of success. He emphasized that people often fall into an "averaging trap," evaluating individual task success separately rather than multiplying the probabilities together.
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Jan 22Tap to summarizeMild traumatic brain injury affects millions of Americans each year, with many experiencing persistent problems with concentration, memory and information processing that can last months or years. John Shelley-Tremblay, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Experimental Event-related Potentials Laboratory at the University of South Alabama, shares eye-opening results from a program that significantly outperforms standard programs designed to treat cognitive problems following a concussion.
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Jan 22Tap to summarizeThe daily beauty routine of many Americans might be quietly working against their health. Lariah Edwards, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health, found that black and Hispanic women in South Los Angeles face disproportionate chemical exposures from personal care productsnot through choice, but because of societal beauty standards and limited access to safer alternatives
Transcribe →The Mental Health Crisis in Pediatric Care and Why Veterans Drop Out of PTSD Treatment-20 Years of Evidence: How Reducing Arsenic in Drinking Water Saves Lives
Jan 22Tap to summarizeA twenty-year study has revealed something remarkable about arsenic exposure. Alexander F. Van Geen, PhD, Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of the Columbia Climate School, found that when people switched from arsenic-contaminated wells to safer water sources, their death risk falls--even after years of chronic exposure.
Transcribe →The Mental Health Crisis in Pediatric Care and Why Veterans Drop Out of PTSD Treatment-Why Veterans Drop Out of PTSD Treatment (And How to Fix It)
Jan 22Tap to summarizeHere's something that might surprise you: when PTSD treatment is delivered weekly, dropout rates soar, but package those same therapies into intensive formats and retention improves dramatically. Elizabeth Penix-Smith, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Idaho State University, National Research Council fellow at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, explains the ABCs of PTSD.
Transcribe →The Mental Health Crisis in Pediatric Care and Why Veterans Drop Out of PTSD Treatment-TPediatric Mental Health: A Financial Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
Jan 22Tap to summarizeBehavioral health care now consumes 40% of all pediatric medical spendingnearly double the 22% recorded in 2011. Kenneth Michelson, MD, MPH, emergency medicine physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, explains that without regulatory reforms and better reimbursement rates, untreated children will continue flooding emergency departments in crisis.
Transcribe →Cannabis and Pregnancy and How Parenting Can Prevent Risk-Taking in Teens-How Sleep Consistency Lowers Blood Pressure
Jan 22Tap to summarizeRemarkably, something as simple as going to bed at the same time each night could lower your blood pressure. Saurabh Thosar, PhD, Associate Professor at Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University, found that tightened your bedtime variability from 30 minutes to seven minutes could result clinically meaningful improvements.
Transcribe →Cannabis and Pregnancy and How Parenting Can Prevent Risk-Taking in Teens-How Parental Engagement and Personalized Parenting Prevent Risk-Taking in Teens
Jan 22Tap to summarizeWhat if understanding your teen's genetic wiring could prevent dangerous choices? Danielle Dick, PhD, Director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center based at Rutgers Brain Health Institute, says parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their childrens behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems.
Transcribe →Cannabis and Pregnancy and How Parenting Can Prevent Risk-Taking in Teens-Cannabis and Pregnancy
Jan 22Tap to summarizeCannabis today packs 15-30% THC compared to just 3% in the 1980s. Mallar Chakravarty, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Brain Imaging Centre at the Douglas Research Centre at McGill University, outlines the facts that every pregnant woman needs to know.
Transcribe →One Shot to Lower Cholesterol and the Hidden Weight of Financial Caregiving-The Flip Side of AI and Energy
Jan 22Tap to summarizeHeadlines often focus on the massive energy requirements that artificial intelligence data centers will require. Anthony R. Harding, PhD, Assistant Professor, environmental economist, at Georgia Tech, explains why AI has significant potential to improve energy efficiency across much of our economy.
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