May 29, 2019
Not only have human sperm counts have been falling for several decades, but the trend is even seen in health college age men. How are these changes detected? It starts with the sperm bank and the analysis of donor semen. How does sperm donation work? What characteristics of semen are measured? What does this...
May 22, 2019
It's not your parent's weed. In fact, it's much stronger. Today’s guest is neuroscientist Dr. Jodi Gilman of Harvard University, who has appeared on NPR, Science Friday, and the BBC. She studies the differences in the mental performance, brain structure and risk for psychoses between adolescent cannabis users and...
May 15, 2019
Cannabis laws are changing rapidly with some legalization of medical marijuana and others for recreational use. And we see, thankfully, increasing decriminalization. It's easy, however, to confuse these trends with the idea that marijuana use is safe, that there is no harm. Dr. Deborah Hasin, Professor of...
May 15, 2019
Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) real? Dr. Stephen V. Faraone, distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at SUNY Upstate Medical University and author of over 700 scientific articles and five books, speaks critically about this controversial condition, what it is, why it needs to be...
May 9, 2019
Welcome to Critical Speaking with Therese Markow!
Your host for Critically Speaking is Dr. Therese Markow, an award-winning geneticist who has held endowed professorships at major universities in the United States, as well as positions abroad. After decades of teaching undergraduates and training graduate and...