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Testing for prostate cancer with a combined biopsy method led to more accurate diagnosis and prediction of the course of the disease in an NCI study. The method is poised to reduce the risk of prostate cancer overtreatment and undertreatment.

Zhu, Xiaomei

Psychedelic research resurgence; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.

How has written language changed over time? Do the way we read and the way our eyes work influence how scripts look? This week we hear a story on changes in legibility in written texts with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic. Sarah Crespi also interviews Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel on her story about detecting signs of psychosis in kids and teens, recruiting at-risk individuals for trials, and searching for anything that can stop the progression.    Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Procsilas Moscas/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] 

Most historical accounts of slavery were written by colonists and planters. Researchers are now using the tools of archaeology to learn more about the day-to-day lives of enslaved Africans—how they survived the conditions of slavery, how they participated in local economies, and how they maintained their own agency. Host Sarah Crespi talks with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade about a Caribbean archaeology project based on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and launched by the founders of the Society for Black Archaeologists that aims to unearth these details. Watch a related video here. Sarah also talks with Jonathan Schulz, a professor in the Department of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, about a role for the medieval Roman Catholic Church in so-called WEIRD psychology—western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic. The bulk of psychology experiments have used participants that could be described as WEIRD, and according to many psychological measures, WEIRD subjects tend to have some extreme traits, like a stronger tendency toward individuality and more friendliness with strangers. Schulz and colleagues used historical maps and measures of kinship structure to tie these traits to strict marriage rules enforced by the medieval Catholic Church in Western Europe. Read related commentary. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: Bayer; KiwiCo Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast

About one-third of people with epilepsy are treatment resistant. Up until now, epilepsy treatments have focused on taming seizures rather than the source of the disease and for good reason—so many roads lead to epilepsy: traumatic brain injury, extreme fever and infection, and genetic disorders, to name a few. Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel talks with host Sarah Crespi about researchers that are turning back the pages on epilepsy, trying to get to the beginning of the story where new treatments might work. And Sarah also talks with Torsten Neurbert at the Technical University of Denmark’s National Space Institute in Kongens Lyngby about capturing high-altitude “transient luminous events” from the International Space Station (ISS). These lightning-induced bursts of light, color, and occasionally gamma rays were first reported in the 1990s but had only been recorded from the ground or aircraft. With new measurements from the ISS come new insights into the anatomy of lightning. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: Bayer; Lightstream; KiwiCo Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Gemini Observatory; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

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Mruk, Christopher J

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Interview with Barbara H. Stanley, author of Comparison of the Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients Treated in the Emergency Department

Interview with Emily B. Ansell, PhD, and Martin J. De Vita, MS, authors of Association of Cannabinoid Administration With Experimental Pain in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Magdalena Janecka, Ph.D., author of Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder With Prenatal Exposure to Medication Affecting Neurotransmitter Systems

Interview with Andreas Walther, PhD, author of Association of Testosterone Treatment With Alleviation of Depressive Symptoms in Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Kathleen Merikangas, PhD, author of Real-time Mobile Monitoring of the Dynamic Associations Among Motor Activity, Energy, Mood, and Sleep in Adults With Bipolar Disorder

Interview with John J. McGrath, PhD, MD, author of Exploring Comorbidity Within Mental Disorders Among a Danish National Population

Interview with Amanda H. Kerbrat, MSW, author of Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Nitin Tandon, author of Analysis of Morbidity and Outcomes Associated With Use of Subdural Grids vs Stereoelectroencephalography in Patients With Intractable Epilepsy

Interview with Helen Fisher, Ph.D., author of Association of Air Pollution Exposure With Psychotic Experiences During Adolescence

Interview with Pim Cuijpers, PhD, author of Effectiveness and Acceptability of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Delivery Formats in Adults With Depression: A Network Meta-analysis

Interview with Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, MD, PhD, MMSc, author of Association of Increased Youth Suicides in the United States With the Release of 13 Reasons Why

Interview with Sylvana M. Côté, author of Association Between Childhood Behaviors and Adult Employment Earnings in Canada

Interview with Klaus Wölfling, PhD, author of Efficacy of Short-term Treatment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Andreas Heinz, Prof. , MD, PhD, author of Risk of Psychosis Among Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, MPH2, and Kira E. Riehm, MSc, authors of Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth

Interview with Andre Brunoni, MD, PhD, author of Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Treating Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Magdalena Cerda, DrPH, author of Association Between Recreational Marijuana Legalization in the United States and Changes in Marijuana Use and Cannabis Use Disorder From 2008 to 2016

Interview with Michael A. Vella, MD, and Mark J. Seamon, authors of Long-term Functional, Psychological, Emotional, and Social Outcomes in Survivors of Firearm Injuries

Interview with Sarah Larney, PhD, author of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among People Using Extramedical Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Amir Sariaslan, PhD, author of Risk of Subjection to Violence and Perpetration of Violence in Persons With Psychiatric Disorders in Sweden

Interview with Paolo Fusar-Poli, MD, PhD, RCPsych, author of Prevention of Psychosis: Advances in Detection, Prognosis, and Intervention

Interview with Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, author of National Trends in Mental Health Care for US Adolescents

Interview with Kristin M Holland, PhD, MPH, author of Trends in the Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Acts in the United States, 2006 to 2015

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