Better Off

In this week’s episode: Tips on dealing with stress from the presidential campaign, plus the new study raising questions about the benefits of so-called "good cholesterol."...

In this week’s episode: A health care expert offers her advice for people buying insurance through Obamacare....

In this week's episode: How stigmatizing language affects the ability of people wrestling with addiction to receive the treatment they need, and the new push to change that, plus t...

In this week’s episode: Researchers are taking a critical look at some health care practices in low- and middle-income countries....

In this week’s episode: The "fundamental threat" of antibiotic resistance, why anti-obesity efforts may backfire in some cases, and scientists identify a dizzying treatment for kid...

In this week’s episode: The United Nations focuses on the plight of 65 million refugees and migrants, plus a closer look at what happens to all the electronics we throw away, and s...

In this week's episode: Meet a researcher who's fighting to preserve the life-saving power of antibiotics, plus a disturbing spike in violence linked to police officers and securit...

In this special episode we examine how the response to terror attacks has changed since 9/11—and how these attacks—and media coverage of the violence—can affect our health....

In this rebroadcast of a story from March, 2016, we explore the human microbiome, one of the fastest growing areas of science and medical research, and explain how it could change ...

In this week’s episode: Why racial disparities could affect one common genetic test, plus new sugar recommendations for kids and teens, and the link between job satisfaction and he...

In this week’s episode: The push to understand the critical early years of a child's life, plus why changes in diet may be to blame for China's epidemic of heart attack and stroke,...

In this week's episode: New evidence that Obamacare is leading to improved health for low-income adults, plus harnessing the power of social entrepreneurship....