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Chris Booker of the Chicago Tribune profiles the prizefighters readying for "Fight Night" at Chicago's United Center as the boxers punch bags, jump ropes and talk about their chosen profession. This sound portrait is part of the Hearing Voices radio project.

The recent death of H. David Dalquist, inventor of the bundt cake pan, has reminded many cooks of the beautiful, easy cakes that quietly fell from fashion. Essayist and food afficianado Bonny Wolf has fond memories of the days of the bundt cake.

Going to a baseball game isn't what it used to be. For one thing, the food has gone upscale. Essayist Bonny Wolf buys into Humphrey Bogart's old line: "A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz." But she also takes note of trendier cuisine.

Geneticist and microbiologist Nathan Tucker shares his research into how exercise can lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Exercise physiologist Carol Sames talks about a study showing that exercise improves survival rates for people who have had colon cancer. Family nurse practitioner Dana Ruth talks about the most common forms of skin cancer: squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. And toxicologist Michael Hodgman explains what's important to know about marijuana edibles.

Physical therapist Molly Torbitt discusses fear of falling. Upstate Global Health Institute director, Dr. Stephen Thomas tells about a new clinical trial underway of a vaccine to prevent C. diff, one of the most common health care-associated infections in the world. Dr. Reza Saidi, director of Upstate's Kidney Transplant Program, tells how and why the percentage of living donor kidney transplants has increased.

Radiation oncologist Anna Shapiro explains how low-dose radiation therapy can help relieve the pain of osteoarthritis. Simulation Center Director, Dr. Hesham Masoud, and director of the Standardized Patient Program, Matt Capogreco, tell about the standardized patient jobs -- portraying real patients -- for which they are recruiting. Nicholas Brennan, who is working toward both medical and doctoral degrees, explains his research, which focuses on the mechanism of muscle atrophy and aging.

Emergency physician Erin Underriner talks about Lyme carditis, a potentially dangerous complication of untreated Lyme disease that affects the heart. Pediatrician Nienke Dosa and Julia Duff, executive director of the Spina Bifida Association of New York State, explain what is understood about spina bifida. Pediatric oncologist Melanie Comito discusses how rates of recurrence of a common childhood leukemia were reduced in a clinical trial involving 26 kids from the Upstate Cancer Center. And urologist Joseph Jacob advises seeing a doctor if you notice blood in your urine.

The Upstate Golisano Pediatric After Hours Care medical director, Dr. Phillip Mackewicz, advises what sorts of illnesses and injuries are best treated at After Hours, as the program relocates to downtown Syracuse, across the street from Upstate University Hospital. Exercise physiologist Carol Sames explains a study that shows how exercise fights breast cancer recurrence. Upstate's Norton College of Medicine student Michael Sun shares a paper he co-wrote about skin conditions that may arise with urologic cancers.

Pumpkin can be used for so much more than pie. Sweet and savory, pumpkin and winter squash can be used to make soups, stews, risotto, bread, cookies, cakes and more.

Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been "stronger in denouncing" false claims of election fraud. Fox says the lawsuit threatens journalists' free speech.