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Regardless of their stage in life, women can and should be vigilant about their health, says Robert Rubino.
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Robert Rubino cautions that obesity can have a profound effect on women’s health.
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Knoll discusses her personal breast cancer story.
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Knoll offers advice to women diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Lifestyle changes and care management can keep you cancer-free.
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A need to stay organized during treatment inspired Knoll to found the CANCER101 organization.
Bonnie Bassler talks about what began her scientific journey.
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Bonnie Bassler explains her breakthrough discovery.
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Dr. Bonnie Bassler on global food outbreaks
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Bonnie Bassler discusses the challenges associated with being a female scientist.
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When a child picks food off the floor and eats it he is educating his immune system. Bonnie Bassler tells us how amazing the human body is in keeping us […]
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Bassler explains the governmental, social, and cultural factors which turn children off to science.
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Lawrence Freedman on the state of geo-politics.
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Lawrence Freedman argues that journalists and policy-makers must hold themselves liable for their roles in affecting public opinion of the war.
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Lawrence Freedman considers differences between the first and second wars in Iraq and how future generations may judge the current conflict.
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Lawrence Freedman talks about Bush execution of the Gulf War, management of the war’s aftermath, and handling of the Intifada.
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Lawrence Freedman judges Reagan’s strategies in the region, particularly regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Lawrence Freedman explores the substance and legacy of President Carter’s Middle East peace negotiations.
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Lawrence Freedman discusses the background for his new book, A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East.