All Pieces for Kristin Espeland Gourlay

 
Caption: Reunion
This is a story for my son, whose birth was supposed to be completely normal. It was anything but. And then they separated us. (Produced for the KC...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A visiting nurse attaches a "do not resuscitate" bracelet to a patient's wrist., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
The nation spends billions of dollars caring for patients during the last few months of life. But all that spending isn’t necessarily helping us li...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
Caption: An outreach worker picks the finger of a woman who wants to be screened for hepatitis C., Credit: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
In 2014, tens of thousands of Americans died from accidental drug overdoses. Many more remain addicted to prescription painkillers and heroin. For...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMMT, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Medium security prison in Cranston, RI, Credit: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Rhode Island’s prisons are grappling with a dilemma. Hundreds of inmates have hepatitis C. New drugs can cure it. But they’re so expensive the depa...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:39
Caption: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs hearing Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014., Credit: Kristin Gourlay (screenshot)
In our ongoing series about hepatitis C, we look now at one of the hardest hit populations: veterans.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:02
Caption: This estimate includes those typically not counted by CDC estimates, e.g., the incarcerated, active duty military, homeless., Credit: Jake Harper
What’s the price of a human life? Many of us would say each life is priceless. But health economists sometimes have a number in mind.

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The FDA has approved dozens of so-called specialty drugs recently. Most are costlier than standard treatments, and most target a relatively small patient population suffering from a rare condition. But hepatitis C is far from rare. The FDA has approved do, Credit: Jake Harper / RIPR
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Since then, people with hepatitis C have had limited – and not very...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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In just a few weeks, another pharmaceutical company will likely win FDA approval for a new drug to cure hepatitis C. That makes three breakthrough ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
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How do you stop an epidemic? Keep the people who are sick from infecting more people. Isolate them if you have to, treat them, and cure them. Epide...

Bought by WMMT and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rapid screening test for hepatitis C infection, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Baby boomers make up the majority of the estimated five million people who have hepatitis C. Most caught the disease – from sharing needles, or a b...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: These rockers go side to side, a more soothing motion for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
More Rhode Island babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Many of these babies need hospital stays ...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:02
Caption: Baby Jonathan, 10 days old, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
More babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Their condition, called neonatal abstinence syndrome, ...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
Caption: Bottle of oxycodone pills, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Prescription painkillers like OxyContin have flooded the market. They're incredibly addictive, and once people are hooked, the habit gets expensive...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 90.5 WESA, KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 56:57
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Sarah and Peter are about to begin their third year of med school., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Throughout the school year, we've been following two bright, young, future doctors. Now, we're wrapping up the journey with a one-hour documentary ...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KZYX, KUNM, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport grabs the mic and interviews fellow student Peter Kaminski., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
For the past school year, the series "Future Docs" has been following two Brown University medical students to see how their training is evolving w...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Resident Brian Drolet examines a patient's burned arm., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
The nation spends billions of dollars every year training future doctors. But health care experts worry we’re still not training enough doctors to ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Second year medical student Peter Kaminski takes a history from a "standardized patient.", Credit: Kristin Gourlay
As a nation, we’re getting older, and we’re getting sicker. More of us than ever are over the age of 65. And more of us are suffering from at least...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky examines a traume patient at Rhode Island Hospital., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
What do doctors need to learn in school to take the best care of you? Clearly, they need advanced medical and scientific knowledge. But should we e...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1