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Health & Society

  • Drinking from the Fire Hose

    Portrait: Gary Schwitzer. These days, medical information and health news coverage is everywhere—online, on television, on magazine covers. But are we parched in the deluge? Learn more

    April 4th, 2008


  • Growing Up With Disability

    Portrait: Ross MacMillan. Sociology student Gina Allen and professor Ross MacMillan focus on the transition from adolescence to adulthood for people with disabilities in a joint research project. Continue reading…

  • To Your Health

    Portrait: Jisu Huh. Mass communications professor Jisu Huh examines the effects of prescription drug advertisements on doctors and patients. Continue reading…

  • America's Health Inequality

    Portrait: John Robert Warren. U of M researchers have discovered that the health gap between the rich and poor in America is still the same as it was 100 years ago. Sociology professor John Robert Warren explains. Listen now (MP3)

  • Access Minnesota: Susan Craddock on AIDS and HIV

    Portrait: Susan Craddock. Susan Craddock talks about AIDS and HIV treatments at home and abroad; the pharmaceutical lobby's role in controlling treatment availability; the changing demographics of HIV affliction in the U.S.; and AIDS as a political and social phenomenon. Access Minnesota is a weekly public access radio program. The interview is presented in 4 parts (MP3): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4