Increase In Autism, Controlling Your Anger, State News Roundup

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Anger can have significant impacts on health. Gene Purcell and Rob Ferrett learn what we can do to control those effects. Then, they find out why the prevalence of autism has increase in the U.S. over recent years, and they roundup the week’s state news.

Featured in this Show

  • Autism's Prevalence Increases In U.S.

    A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 of every 68 children in the U.S. has autism. This is means autism is more than twice as common as it was seven years ago. A researcher explains why the increase in numbers and whether we should be concerned by them.

  • The Psychology Behind Anger

    Recent research shows the health hazards of anger–but what can we do about it? A guest psychologist looks at the role of anger and how we can manage it.

  • State News Round-Up For March 28th, 2014

    Joins us for a look at what’s making news in Wisconsin with WPR’s assistant news director.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Veronica Rueckert Host
  • Cynthia Schuster Producer
  • Maureen Durkin Guest
  • Ryan Martin Guest
  • Noah Ovshinsky Guest

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