Topic: Health Partners

2 chapters across the catalog

Media Decomposition
Episode 1282 3:18:38 - 3:21:36

1282: Media Decomposition

Alzheimer's Nasal Spray, "Hope for Joe"

Doctors at Health Partners in the Twin Cities are testing an intranasal insulin spray for Alzheimer's patients, which reportedly improves memory within 15 minutes. The hosts noted the segment's title "Hope for Joe" and suggested the news report eventually devolved into a "native ad" for the spraying device.

Sake Stock
Episode 1238 1:06:05 - 1:11:32

1238: Sake Stock

Bill Clinton and Gavin Newsom, Partners in Health Tracing

Former President Bill Clinton discussed contact tracing strategies with California Governor Gavin Newsom, highlighting a statewide program in Massachusetts run by the NGO Partners in Health. Clinton advocated for a "contact tracer corps" to manually track positive cases and their contacts. Newsom emphasized that this effort would require an "army of folks" and acknowledged that individual privacy would be impacted by such high-acuity attention.