Play52min 38secThe Homelessness Crisis & Mental HealthMay 13, 2024 9:00 AMBy Jessica BariThis program will take you to the streets of New York City to hear directly from people who have lived homeless about what they needed most.
Play4min 10secPsychosis care model gives new hope to young patientsMay 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Estelle Timar-WilcoxPsychosis comes with a slew of treatment challenges. In the last decade, a new program model has seen success with treating patients as soon as they start showing symptoms. One Minnesota patient says this care is the reason he’s back on his feet and planning his future.
The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has diedMay 12, 2024 7:25 PMBy Emma Bowman Richard Slayman died almost two months after the historic procedure, the Boston hospital where he had the transplant said Saturday. At 62, he had the transplant to treat his end-stage kidney disease.
May Mental Health Month 2024May 12, 2024 4:00 PMBy Jessica BariThis mental health month, join Call to Mind with five new specials. Each broadcast hour focuses on a timely mental health topic and explores emerging research, shares stories of people living with mental illness, and features interviews with top experts.
Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlementsMay 12, 2024 11:45 AMBy The Associated PressSettlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don't make a dent in the crisis.
St. Paul Public Schools graduates first EMT trainees May 11, 2024 8:00 AMBy Anika BesstTwelve seniors graduated from St. Paul Public School’s EMT training program on Friday. It’s the first-ever class for the district and a possible way forward in a crisis for emergency medicine.
Play3min 44secRFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic wormsMay 10, 2024 5:18 AMBy Gabrielle Emanuel Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms.
Play6min 40secThe universal love language of postpartum cultural dishesMay 9, 2024 4:00 AMBy Hannah YangThis Mother’s Day, we explore how three cultures focus on the mother during postpartum recovery and how their foods reflect wisdom and lessons passed down from generation to generation.
Call to MindMay 8, 2024 5:13 PMBy Jessica Bari and Anika BesstCall to Mind is American Public Media’s initiative to foster new conversations about mental health.
Play38min 45secOur favorite health and wellness adviceMay 8, 2024 11:54 AMBy Angela Davis and Maja BeckstromMPR News host Angela Davis revisited some of our favorite health and wellness shows. Discover how much you do and don’t know about your nose, hear the latest research on colon cancer and learn about addressing loneliness.