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Hormone replacement therapy used to be considered a fountain of youth for women. Then studies from the Women's Health Initiative found that HRT raised women's risk of chronic diseases. A final report from the massive study says hormone therapy can help younger women manage menopause symptoms, but it isn't safe for use long-term.

Earlier this week, All Things Considered asked you to submit your questions about the shutdown, then assembled a crack team of NPR reporters to answer them. Find out what the government shutdown means for food safety, military pay and more.

Britain's Conservative-led government has unveiled proposals to change the social benefits system, moving ever closer to workfare. One measure under the plan requires the long-term jobless to do community work. Another plan would ax automatic housing and other benefits for unemployed Brits under 25.

On this edition of All Songs Considered: Folk artists Richard and Linda Thompson are reunited, and garage rock revivalist Ty Segall is back with a new band called Fuzz. Plus rapper Danny Brown, Swedish electronic duo Jonsson & Alter, and more.

Our massive 2013 fall music preview is packed with new jams from M.I.A., Son Lux, Polica, Mount Eerie, Luscious Jackson and more.

Beck's third single since June is the strangest and most alluring of the bunch. We've also got some disheveled dance beats from Huerco S., infectious garage rock by Joanna Gruesome, and much more.

Even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers stay home, some members of Congress have kept most or all of their own staffs working. With no end to the government shutdown in sight, that's put Republicans on the defensive.

What do the real grassroots Tea Party groups think about the politics of the government shutdown? Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the group, Tea Party Patriots, says the shutdown gives Americans the chance to speak out against Obamacare — and offer a compromise.

One month each fall, residents of interior Alaska don chest waders and splash through the clear, frigid waters of the Chatanika River. With large homemade lanterns hanging from their necks and spears in hand, the fishermen keep their eyes peeled for whitefish.

"Starting a conversation about capitalism is like walking up to a stranger and asking, 'Can I talk to you about Jesus?'" says artist Steve Lambert. The best way to talk about the C-word, he says, is to make it personal. His giant art installation in New York challenges passers-by to weigh in.