The Predator’s Playbook: How To Identify And Prevent Child Sexual Abuse | Why Are Kidney Stones Skyrocketing In Young Girls?

The Predator’s Playbook: How To Identify And Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

• Child abuse is a sobering reality often perpetrated by trusted individuals rather than strangers. To successfully exploit a child, predators rely on a specific playbook to gain access, trust, and secrecy. Our expert this week explains how parents can help dismantle these opportunities without needing to resort to overprotective parenting styles.

Guests: Dr. Bronwen Carroll, pediatric emergency medicine physician, Boston Medical Center, assistant professor of pediatrics, Boston University

Host: Elizabeth Westfield
Producer: Polly Hansen 

Why Are Kidney Stones Skyrocketing In Young Girls?

• Kidney stones, historically associated with middle-aged men, are now being diagnosed at an increasing rate in young girls. Though stones can remain undetected for years, they often cause extreme pain and nausea once they move into the ureter. Our expert discusses treatment options and possible reasons we’re seeing more cases in younger patients.  

Guests: Dr. Greg Tasain, attending pediatric urologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, professor of surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine  

Host: Greg Johnson
Producers: Kristen Farrah

Medical Notes: The Shocking Veteran Suicide Trends, The Best Time To Induce Labor, And The Mental Health Of College Students

• The tides may finally be turning on veteran suicide. A new treatment for seizures may soon be possible without the need for invasive brain surgery. When it comes to inducing labor, success may be all in the timing. The stigma surrounding mental health on campus is fading. 

Host: Maayan Voss de Bettancourt 
Producer: Kristen Farrah

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