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b'ENCORE\\xa0Got aches and pains?\\xa0Critters in the Cretaceous would have been sympathetic.\\xa0A new study reveals that painful arthritis plagued a duck-billed dinosaur.\\xa0Scientists impressively diagnosed the animal\\u2019s condition without a house call by examining its 70 million-year old bones.\\nThe technology we use for health diagnoses are becoming so sophisticated, some people are prompted to bypass doctors and do it themselves.\\xa0Meet a man who had his genome sequenced and then had all 70 gigabytes delivered directly to him so that he could gauge his genetic health.\\xa0\\xa0\\nAlso, practitioners who are trying to improve cognitive function using a battery and a few wires.\\xa0\\xa0Find out the possible risks and benefits of DIY brain stimulation.\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\n Jennifer Anne\\xa0-\\xa0Recent graduate, University of Manchester, studies injuries and diseases in dinosaurs.\\n\\n\\nCarl Zimmer\\xa0-\\xa0Science writer, author.\\xa0National correspondent for STAT, an online magazine that reports on the frontiers of science and medicine.\\xa0His weekly column \\u201cMatter,\\u201d appears in the\\xa0New York Times.\\n\\n\\n\\nPeter Simpson-Young\\xa0-\\xa0A graduate student at the University of Sydney studying neuroscience.\\n\\n\\nAnna Wexler\\xa0-\\xa0Neuroethicist and PhD candidate in the History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society program at MIT.\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'