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Drug overdoses have soared during the pandemic to become the worst overdose crisis in U.S. history. Host Ben Kieffer hears personal stories of addiction and talks with representatives of organizations trying to prevent overdoses.
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At least 6,000 Iowans have died of COVID-19. For those who made it through the pandemic, delayed cancer screenings and medical visits might take their toll.
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Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with author Barbara Ehrenreich.
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A disability advocacy organization is offering exclusive help hours in Spanish for the first time. This is the first step in their goal to achieve better access for minority communities across the state.
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Julie Knight met Julie Freese in a candy store in downtown Iowa City in the early 1980s. Knight had been battling Type 1 diabetes since she was ten years…
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Economic problems caused by COVID-19 hit diabetics especially hard. The American Diabetes Association says about a quarter of people with the disease...
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Agatha Walston leads a busy life. She’s a nurse in southern Indiana and a single mother of two young kids.
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On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Groos for a look at how sedentary behaviors may be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and sedentary behaviors specialist Lucas Carr offers tools to decrease the amount of time spent sitting while working from home.
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*This program originally aired on March 6, 2018.The human brain has substantially different dietary needs than other organs, and new research suggests…
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A simple eye scan could help detect Alzheimer's or determine the risk for this disease even before other symptoms are detectable. Two Iowa State…