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Monday August 20, 2007
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Concerns about the short-term credit industry in the U.S. have sent shockwaves throughout financial markets. Economists discuss how the credit crunch could effect American and world economies.
Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute and author of "All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy"
Stephen Moore, member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and former President of the Club for Growth
Doctors and researchers discuss the benefits and risks of vitamin D and why some Americans may not be getting enough of it.
Paul Coates, Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
Joan McGowan, Director, Musculoskeletal Diseases Branch and the Bone Diseases Program at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Joan Lappe, professor of nursing and medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine and investigator with Creighton's Osteoporosis Research Center.
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