Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Everybody Yawn
| Why does even thinking of the word 'Yawn' or reading it, make you end up yawning? This and other contagious behaviors have been studied by Dr. Mel Goodale of the University of Western Ontario. He explains how "mirror neurons" work in poulations of people, and primates. |
Audio: CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks. Host: Bob McDonald.
A Retail Rx For Primary Care
Long wait times and primary care physician shortages have patients increasingly turning to what are called retail health clinics, operated by stores like Target and CVS and intended to treat minor ailments. A new study shows that the clinics may be less expensive than a doctor’s office, without sacrificing quality of care. Dr. Ateev Mehrotra is lead author of the study by the Rand Corporation, and also a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.
Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young.
Free Form 007
A few moments of music... As if a real live person with access to a really big library selected and sequenced the music to present a contemporary experience of what some FM radio was in the past... More personal, less random... Open to the possibility you might enjoy something you may not have heard before as part of an enjoyable context.
| Keb' Mo' Every Morning Keb' Mo' (1994) Pearl Jam Yellow Ledbetter Jeremy [Maxi Single] (1992) Stevie Ray Vaughan Honey Bee Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984) B.B. King Bad Case Of Love Blues on the Bayou (1998) |
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