Sound Medicine: August 3, 2008

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Published August 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM EDT

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/080308_full.mp3

Topics for this week include: Book: Healthcare, Guaranteed; Did You Know?: Tobacco Treatment for Cancer; Checkup: Treatment for Vertigo; PBS Show: The Forgetting

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Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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