The 2024 election was a lot. And now that we're past it, you might be avoiding political news

altogether, or you might want to understand the other side of the aisle, but without poisoning

your algorithm or treading into online territory that feels like an alien planet, you need left, right,

and center. It's your weekly political news check-in

with representatives from both parties,

so you can hear from the other guys

in a way that helps you actually make sense of it.

I'm David Green.

Join me on Left, Right, and Center from KCRW.

New episodes drop every Friday

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Thank you. Friday, wherever you listen to podcasts. We've come a long way toward reducing the stigma surrounding various forms of mental illness.

Most of us understand how debilitating it can be to live with untreated

depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder, and we acknowledge that people who experience

delusions deserve compassion and care rather than derision. But when people who are physically

okay experience pervasive anxiety about their health or what we broadly refer to as hypochondria,

those folks are sometimes treated as nuisances rather than patients in need of professional care.

From KERA in Dallas, this is think.

I'm Chris Boyd.

That is beginning to change as scientists learn more about health anxiety, which is good,

because believe it or not, people

who suffer from untreated hypochondria are more likely to die within a given period of time

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