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Why We Play Sports: Winning Motivates, But Can Backfire, Too
by PATTI NEIGHMOND
JULY 16, 2015 
How we view winning and losing may help shape whether we play sports as adults, some psychologists say. In NPR's recent poll, 56 percent of adults who play sports say winning is important to them.
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Should Doctors And Drugmakers Keep Their Distance?
by JOHN HENNING SCHUMANN
JULY 12, 2015 
KWGS-FMOne doctor rethinks his hardline stance against contact with industry. Beyond drugmakers' sales and marketing, perhaps there's room for productive and ethical collaboration to advance medicine.
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Maybe You Should Skip That Annual Physical
by JENNY GOLD
APRIL 06, 2015 
KHNAmericans spend billions of dollars every year on annual physicals. But there's little evidence that a yearly checkup helps healthy adults. Some doctors are telling patients to skip it.
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I Learned The Hard Way That Concussion Isn't Just For The Young
by FRED POWLEDGE
APRIL 13, 2015 
We hear a lot about concussion and kids, but older adults are even more vulnerable to traumatic brain injury. A slip in the kitchen leads one man down the rabbit hole with no clear path out.
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