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    Are Mental Diseases Transmissible

    Episode 943 Release 217

    A new study suggests that some mental illnesses may be transmissible among adolescents. The study showed that teens who have classmates with a mental disorder face a greater risk for developing one as they age. This includes substance abuse, eating, anxiety, mood, and emotional disorders.

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    How Nobel Prize Winners are Selected

    Episode 942 Release 217

    When the Nobel winners are announced each October, a year's work is behind their selection. Selfishly, Norbert and I are partial to the Medicine and Physiology Prize and Chemistry Prize. The winners are usually chosen based on paradigm changing work and work that advances humankind.

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    Does a Vegan Diet Slow Biological Aging?

    Episode 941 Release 216

    It's hard not to cringe about this episode after I just ate brisket at my favorite BBQ joint. Could that be because we're about to talk about how vegan diets are better for you? That even eating a limited vegan diet can reduce your biological age.

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    You Are What You Poop

    Episode 940 Release 216

    Scientists have long studied waste, not the trash we throw out each week, but the waste that comes from our bodies and the bodies of animals. They're studying fecal matter to understand better the nutrition we and other animals consume. It could also improve how we control diseases such as diabetes.

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    Another Reason to Avoid Raw Milk

    Episode 939 Release 216

    The spread of bird flu in poultry across the US has cost farmers billions of dollars. Now the virus has spread in cattle herds across multiple states which raises the risk of widespread human infection.

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