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Lifespan: Stories of Illness, Accident, and Recovery

Lifespan: Stories of Illness, Accident, and Recovery

By: WOUB Public Media
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 On Lifespan, you’ll hear stories about encounters with the health care system. Each show contains stories bound by a common theme – a person’s personal journey through a particular type of medical trauma. The stories are deeply personal. Some stories reflect a person’s response to treatment and other stories simply reflect on the aftermath of an illness. Even when multiple people are describing their experiences with the same disease, condition or treatment, each account is unique. If the subject of this podcast interests you, please subscribe to Lifespan wherever you access your podcasts. You can also listen to Lifespan at WOUB.org/listen.2018 WOUB Public Media Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Science
Episodes
  • “Long Covid”

    “Long Covid”
    Apr 9 2025
    Janet Golden, professor emerita of history, Rutgers University, describes her experience with Long Covid and points out that infectious diseases often lead to chronic diseases and conditions. That’s yet another reason to make sure all your, and your children’s, vaccinations are up to date. Preventing infectious illness often prevents chronic illness.
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    24 mins
  • “Kidney Failure”

    “Kidney Failure”
    May 2 2024
    Dylan lives in Tennessee. He’s a magazine editor. He has a wife. He has a young daughter. And he has Alport syndrome, a hereditary kidney disease. In this episode of Lifespan, Dylan describes his years on kidney dialysis, how a kidney transplant recently transformed his life, and the uniqueness of being part of an extended family with so many members affected by an inherited illness.
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    48 mins
  • “Alzheimer’s”

    “Alzheimer’s”
    Oct 3 2022

    Larry and Carol have been married for 66 years. About 17 years ago, Carol began to show signs of memory problems. She has since been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s.

    In this episode of Lifespan, Larry, and his daughter, Madeline, who are both physicians, talk about Carol and the difficulties that Alzheimer’s presents to everyone touched by the illness.
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    44 mins
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