Stanford School of Medicine
Sleep specialist at the Stanford School of Medical who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry
PROFILE
Jed Black
Guest
FROM Jed Black
To the Point
Insomnia, Sleeping Pills and Evolution If you suffer from insomnia, you are hardly alone. More than half of Americans between 13 and 64 have trouble falling to sleep every night. New drugs are being developed, as well as alternatives to medication. Is insomnia a natural human condition or a consequence of modern society? We talk to students of sleeplessness.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.