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Guest host: Steve Roberts
A new study suggests antidepressants may be no more effective than placebo in all but severe cases of depression. A look at how drug effectiveness is measured and weighed against safety concerns in and beyond the drug approval process.
Blair Johnson, professor of psychology, University of Connecticut; coauthor on new antidepressant study
Gardiner Harris, reporter, New York Times
Dr. Jerry Avorn, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital; author "Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs"
Dr. William Potter, serves on the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, vice president for translational neuroscience at Merck Research Laboratories; board-certified psychiatrist
Guest host: Steve Roberts
Over the past twenty years, the cost of a college education has outpaced the rate of inflation. Despite efforts by Harvard, Yale and a few other schools to offset set spiraling tuitions, many students graduate from college with huge debts. A look at the cost of a college degree and what some are doing to make higher education more affordable.
Tom Ross, President, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
Richard Vedder, Visiting scholar at A.E.I. and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. He's also a professor of economics at Ohio State University and author of �Going Broke By Degree � Why College Costs Too Much.�
Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, American Council on Education, a trade association representing roughly 2000 2-year and 4-year public and private universities.
Scott Jaschik, editor, Inside Higher Ed
Karen Gualtieri, Dean of Enrollment Management for Rockland Community College, part of the State University of New York
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