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The Health Show #1273

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett
Published August 24, 2012 at 1:00 AM EDT

I cannot do an Alex Trabek impression so bear with me: This computer ‘question answering system” took the country by storm when it won on a popular game show.  The question: What is Watson?  On today’s Health Show, we’ll hear how clinical laboratories are converting this computer technology into Dr. Watson.

Then we’ll hear from a man who went the extra mile and flew halfway around the world to try and find a cure for his allergies and asthma.  Then he walked a few feet...barefoot...in poop.
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Bob Barrett
Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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