Newscast: Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

So much of life is organized by cycles-seasons, biological rhythms, even our ideas of consciousness. In this episode, Radiolab looks at some of the surprising ways that loops steer our lives, and asks what happens when we disturb them.

This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares his tips for growing heirloom tomatoes!

Rutland Regional Medical Center will likely have to close its inpatient rehabilitation unit. With Medicare reimbursements declining, hospital officials say the service has become too costly to continue and patients can get the care elsewhere. 

A new study has found evidence that some teenagers are at higher risk for substance abuse because their brains work differently, in ways that make them more impulsive. The same study has also found that different networks in the brain seem to be connected to symptoms of ADHD.

The Board approved a 3.6 percent health insurance rate increase in a portion of Blue Cross Blue Shield's premiums for the upcoming quarter.

The Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region has received $1.3 million to open a medical and dental facility in the town of Shoreham.

House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a compromise bill dealing with the state's mandatory childhood immunization law, but there are a number of people on both sides of the debate who aren't pleased with the compromise.

Chris Kimball brings his recipe- and gadget-testing to the airwaves with this new call-in show.

The House has advanced a bill that requires health insurance companies to disclose the claims they've denied for coverage. If the bill passes, Vermont would become the sixth state to mandate that claims data be made public.