
Are we too obsessed with longevity to be living well?
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When is a medical procedure or preventative screening counterproductive?
When is a medical procedure or preventative screening counterproductive? How much time should we spend in the gym or fixating on the latest diet? The new book “Natural Causes” calls into question a number of seeming certainties of modern life and our quest to delay death. Jeffrey Brown talks with author Barbara Ehrenreich.
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Are we too obsessed with longevity to be living well?
Clip: 5/8/2018 | 4m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
When is a medical procedure or preventative screening counterproductive? How much time should we spend in the gym or fixating on the latest diet? The new book “Natural Causes” calls into question a number of seeming certainties of modern life and our quest to delay death. Jeffrey Brown talks with author Barbara Ehrenreich.
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Barak: Iran deal is bad, but Trump withdrawal not ‘optimal’
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State Dept.: Sanctions will help U.S. get more out of Iran
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