[Swprograms] Fw: SOUNDPRINT Weekly Update

["Richard Cuff" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: This week on SOUNDPRINT

While this is slightly off topic, the first topic listed es an interesting example of how international broadcasters are making their content available to an audience that might not otherwise tune into them.

 

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

 

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Sick at Heart  The Netherlands is statistically the sickest country in Europe. One in 6 people of working age are on a disability pension, and most of them are younger than their counterparts around the world. In recent years, more and more young highly educated women have been going onto long term disability leave for various kinds of stress related disorders. Radio Netherlands Producer Dheera Sujan looks at a disability system that is unique in the world. A system which allows its beneficiaries to earn a salary as well as receive sick benefits, a system which rates illness on a percentage basis, and a system which until fairly recently no politician was allowed to overhaul although its financial drain to the economy was almost too much to bear. This program is part of our special international collaboration, Global Perspectives: Check-up on World Health. [more] Health Over the Horizon  Distance medicine has been around for awhile. The flying doctors in Australia, for example, work with isolated communities on remote sites. Research ships visit the polar ice caps for months at a time and medical emergencies have to be dealt with on board. In the early days, it was done with wireless radio communication, sending samples of diagnostics and medical investigations through the mail. Nowadays, it's done digitally and it's called telemedicine. This need to consult, diagnose and deliver effective medical care from far-off, when the doctor is away from the patient, is very crucial on an extended space flight. Scientists are looking at developing hardware and software to facilitate this, and much of this technology is micro-sized, whether it's a case of storing blood samples so they will be fresh when a person arrives back three years later from a trip to Mars, or installing a pill inside the body to take measurements of body temperature. Producer Judith Kampfner takes a look at Health Over the Horizon. [more]		Soundprint is hosted each week by Barbara Bogaev Order a Program CD! Soundprint now offers your favorite programs on CD. Find out how you can order online or by phone at 1-888-38-TAPES. Contact Us Send us your thoughts, comments or questions to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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