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show first aired November 11, 2004
#867
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Segway helps people get their balance back
When the Segway debuted a few years back it was hyped as a world-changing product. Everyone was going to want one of these things. Hype and reality have yet to meet, though. The company won't release sales figures, but based on a recall last year, probably about six or seven thousand of the transportation devices have been sold. So, it looks like the world changing has been delayed. Or maybe not. As The Health Show Greg Dahlmann reports, the Segway has changed people's lives, just not the ones everyone expected.
Art school for people with disabilities
European students with mental disabilities now have a place to learn artistic expression. The White Elephant Foundation is the first Dutch art school that caters to these students. The school opened its doors in early 2003 and provides a three-year art education with classes three days a week in painting, drawing, sculpting, photography, working with precious metals and other aspects of arts and crafts. Radio Netherlands Michel Walraven went to the White Elephant in the city of Almere.
What exercise does
Need some motivation to actually get yourself up off the couch and start exercising? Well it might help to understand just what's going on in your body as you exercise. Here with a look at exercise and how it works is The Health Show Diet and Lifestyle Consultant Dr. Stephanie Beling.
A new tool against bacterial infection
Searching for new ways to cure disease can lead doctors down some unexpected roads. Recently, more of those roads have led to using polymers (long chains of simple molecules), not only as an aid to drug therapy, but as the therapeutic agent itself. Here to talk about this development is Ted Sybertz, head of drug discovery and development at Genzyme Corporation.
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