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    Storefront IV drips

    Intravenous micronutrient therapy is catching on. There are storefront clinics setting up all over the place - where you can get an infusion of B vitamins and other things. Our intrepid producer visited on clinic in Santa Monica.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 26, 2018 • 1 min read

    Intravenous micronutrient therapy is catching on. There are storefront clinics setting up all over the place - where you can get an infusion of B vitamins and other things. Our intrepid producer visited on clinic in Santa Monica. And we talk with an integrative medicine expert at Yale, to find out what it really does.

    The full episode

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    Are storefront IV drips safe?
    1. 0:00Family Reunification Deadline
    2. 8:58Facebook Falters
    3. 14:36Bodies Podcast
    4. 21:44Storefront IV dripsYou’re reading this
    5. 38:34Music Center offers an 8-hour show to sleep to
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      David L. Katz

      Yale University

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Are storefront IV drips safe?
    1. 0:00Family Reunification Deadline
    2. 8:58Facebook Falters
    3. 14:36Bodies Podcast
    4. 21:44Storefront IV dripsYou’re reading this
    5. 38:34Music Center offers an 8-hour show to sleep to
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