Episode 401. Topic: Prions from corneas. Theme: Medical hazards. 

How do cornea transplants work? Can corneas transmit diseases? What it Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and why is it so dangerous? Should you be worried about this disease if you want a corneal transplant?

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Episode 400. Topic: Breast implants and lymphoma. Theme: Medical hazards. 

What is the history of breast implants? What technology is used today? What are the complications of breast implants? How is one complication lymphoma? How can lymphoma from breast implants be treated?

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Episode 398. Topic: Asbestos. Theme: Medical hazards. 

What is asbestos? How and why has it been used throughout history? When did we realize asbestos was hazardous? How does it cause cancer? When was  asbestos banned? Where can it be found today?

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Episode 398. Topic: Transvaginal mesh. Theme: Medical hazards. 

At one point, transvaginal mesh was used in over 250,000 procedures a year! How did it go from a common medical device in 2010 to banned in 2019? Why did the ban take so long? What is wrong with the mesh? What were the legal ramifications? Will we prevent things like this from happening again?  

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Episode 397. Investigating myself. Topic: Hemophilia A.  

What is hemophilia and how was it understood by doctors (and religions) before genetics? What are the two main types of hemophilia? How does hemophilia A work? Do I carry this disease?  

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Methodology notes: The gene F8 (OMIM: 300841 ) was searched for ClinVar or functional mutations. Additionally, reads were visually compared against the hg38 reference using the UCSC genome browser for larger mutations. 

Episode 396. Topic: Health insurance mandate. Theme: Government policies. 

What is the origin of health insurance? How does health care work in other countries? Why and how do some countries mandate health insurance? What is the history of health insurance mandates in the United States? What does research have to say about insurance mandate efficacy?

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Episode 395. Topic: Copyright . Theme: Government policies. 

What is copyright? What invention instigated its creation? What does copyright look like today around the world? Do all countries have copyright protections? Does copyright promote more or less creative work? 

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Episode 394. Topic: Sexual education. Theme: Government policies. 

How did sexual education become a topic covered in school? What are the different ways it is implemented? According to 30 years of research, What method is better at preventing STDs and teen pregnancy? 

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Episode 393. Topic: Citizenship. Theme: Government policies.  

What it citizenship and how is it granted in different countries? Can it be bought? What is the maximum number of citizenships someone can have? What is the minimum number?

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Episode 392. Topic: Reparations. Theme: Government policies. 

What are reparations and what is their legal history? How did reparations partly lead to World War II? What countries have historically paid (or are currently paying) war reparations? What other kinds of reparations exist today? What kinds have been recently proposed in the United States? 

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