Criminal Reform, Allergens in Meds, Islam and Socal Media

Why We Should Be Sending Fewer People to Jail (0:30) Guest: David Leavitt, Utah County District Attorney America locks up more people, per capita, than any other country–including China and Russia. The consequence of that is that, across the nation, jails are overcrowded, prosecutors are overburdened and people who can’t afford bail spend months and months in jail waiting for their court date. Suppose communities just charged fewer people with crimes? That would surely make for fewer people in jail, but would we be safer? Allergic Reactions to Medications (20:09) Guest: Allen Chambers; Giovanni Traverso, MD, Gastroenterologist at Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology  When Allen Chambers had sinus surgery several years ago, his Celiac Disease wasn’t on his mind – at first. He was given a pain pill after the procedure and immediately started going into spasms. Turns out, the medication had gluten in it. Researchers don’t know yet just how common this type of reaction is, but one study looked at thousands of oral medications and found that 93% had some type of allergen in them. Is It Just Me, or Is It Getting Cold? (36:31) Guest: Julie Parsonnet, MD, George Deforest Barnett Professor in Medicine, Professor of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University If you or your child is sick and you’re wondering how serious it is, you’ll probably check for a fever. Any reading over 98.6 degrees on the thermometer is high because that’s the temperature of a healthy human body. However, it seems that’s no longer true. Healthy humans today are closer to 97.5 degrees on average – a whole degree lower. What? How did that happen? Censoring Criticism of Islam on Social Media May Do More Harm Than Good (50:36) Guest: Nadia Oweidat, Professor of History, Kansas State University, Senior Member of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford Social media sites like Facebook are in a tight spot when it comes to policing po