Topics for this week include: Sound Ethics: Why Darwin Still Matters; Did You Know?:Computer-Related Injuries; Book: Brain Wider than the Sky; Checkup:Surgery on…
This week, the problems and ethics of uterus transplants; maintaining weight loss; yogic healing with an Earth Harp. Plus, how exercise aids sleep, and how texting…
This week, find out how much vitamin D and calcium you really need; how studying pregnancy could help cancer research; acupuncture for shingles pain; and in our Patient…
Topics for this week include: Healthcare Legislation Update with Aaron Carroll; Many Cancer-Prone Women Refuse Tamoxifen; Did You Know?:Hearing Through The Skin; Soft…
Topics this week include: IU-Kenya Partnership Update; Fertility Diet; A Naturopath's Health Tips; Salt in Processed Foods; How Salt Harms; Adult Stem Cells; How…
This week, nursing home scorecards, lymphedema treatment, cancer rehab, and the author of the book, Secrets of the Grown-Up Brain. Also, empathy spurs docs to wash their…
This week: advice for exercising while sick; Dartmouth research on end-of-life care; why self-diagnosis on the Internet is a bad idea; and an interview with the…
Computer models predict a large increase in type 2 diabetes cases; dreams as the pre-cursor to human consciousness; a short history of women in medicine; and another…
Topics for this week include: Obama Health House Parties; Healthcare Reform: A Policy Analysis; Did You Know?: Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's; Nightime…
Topics for this week include: Tips for Sinus Sufferers; Pneumonia Shots; Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe; A Sceptical Look at Energy Drinks; How Healthy is Milk?;…
This week, an update on healthcare reform politics from Dr. Aaron Carroll; erroneous findings on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; very low calorie diets and diabetes; 40 years…
New Medicare rules; new tonsillectomy guidelines; pancreas transplantation for severe diabetes; the teen brain on marijuana; and the book: Brain Rules for Babies. Also,…
Topics for this week include: Trauma surgery in Haiti; A Promising Melanoma Vaccine; Treating Dogs with Brain Cancer; What is Morning Sickness?; ICU Infections; Perils…
Topics for this week include: Mind-Body Medicine for PTSD; Did You Know?: Hallucinations on Caffeine; Myths About Flu Shots and other Vaccines; Why Vaccine Fees Vary;…
Topics for this week include: Multidisciplinary Research & Obesity; Diabetes Conference for Patients; Can Pregnancy Damage the Spine?; Surprising Longevity of Common…
This week, a model clinic for the uninsured; economic downturn affects families' mental health; Botox for migraines; parents multitasking; and the myth of…
The vaccine-autism connection debunked; abandoned prescriptions; Dr. Arnold Levine discusses the primary cause of all cancers; the rise of tuberculosis in Haiti; and the…
Topics for this week include: Prenatal Smoking and Lead Exposure Increase ADHD Risk; On the Demise of Comprehensive Healthcare; Junk Food at School; Book: Forensic…
Topics for this week include: Book: Testosterone for Life; Did You Know?: No to Favorite Foods; Electronic Medical Records in Mental Health; Pain; Checkup: Pre-birth…
Topics this week include: Statin Drugs: What Now?; Caffeine and Miscarriage; Problem with Donated Blood; Supreme Court Rejects Appeal for Non-Approved Drugs; Morgellons…
This week, controversial flu research suspended; predictors for breast cancer updated; new treatments for liver cancer; the Dukan diet; and Book: The Complete Book of…
A new look at the beta amyloid build-up in Alzheimer's patients; health insurance that doesn't cover pregnancy; social class affects patients' evaluations…
A new look at the beta amyloid build-up in Alzheimer's patients; health insurance that doesn't cover pregnancy; social class affects patients' evaluations…
Topics for this week include: Biobanks & Pediatric Research; Antioxidants Reduce Benefits of Exercise; Kids Need Vitamin D; Preventing ACL Injuries in Young…
Topics for this week include: Flu Season Update & Prevention; Did You Know?: Computerized Hospitals Have Fewer Patient Deaths; Awake During Brain Surgery; Sound…
Topics for this week include: Lead in Consumer Goods; Lead Testing Kits; Documentary - Baghdad Hospital - Inside the Red Zone; Another Danger from Cold Meds; Pain and…
This week: drug firm disclosure law; daily aspirin not for all; aspirin endangers the elderly; & Adele's throat problems. Plus, nanotechnology targets tumors,…
This week: tracking adverse reactions to vaccines; pediatrician Rachel Vreeman on parents' fever phobia; a primer on stuttering; and mental strength training for…
This week: tracking adverse reactions to vaccines; pediatrician Rachel Vreeman on parents' fever phobia; a primer on stuttering; and mental strength training for…
Topics for this week include: How Biobanks Work; A Low-Acid Diet to Prevent Osteoporosis; Dr. Marie on Hormone Replacement Therapies; Book: Birth Day; Food Cravings;…
Topics for this week include: Health IT & the Fed Stimulus Bill; Did You Know?: Eating Red; Pancreatic Cancer Surgery; Contact Lenses and Infections; Checkup: Avoid…
This week on Sound Medicine, guests will get the skinny on whether a physician’s self-perception colors his advice to obese patients, learn about a possible new…
The problems with the shingles vaccine; exploding chromosomes that cause cancer; end-of-life counseling for Medicare patients; and the author of Dying to Live: Embracing…
This week, cold and exercise-induced asthma in Olympic athletes; how hospital checklists reduce medical errors; and a child psychiatrist discusses how her mother's…
Topics for this week include: New Deadly Virus in Zambia; Sound Ethics: Fertility Ethics & ctuplets; Did You Know?: Paying Smokers to Quit; Insurance for Medical…
Topics for this week include: Low Blood-Sugar Risks for Diabetics; Osteoporosis in Men; A Cure with Mermaid's Hair?; Childhood Arthritis; Diagnosing Alcoholism;…
This week: medical student honor body donors; at-home genetic tests don't scare their users; and how public health may benefit from personal genetic information.…
On Sound Medicine this week, common confusion about when to introduce infants to solid food; the under-diagnosis of celiac disease; chlamydia reinfections in teen girls;…
Topics for this week include: Brain Study Indicates Why Some Memories Persist; Dean Ornish, The Spectrum; Sound Ethics: Obama's Health-Related Policy Agenda; Did…
Topics for this week include: Controversial FDA Approval of Avastin; Mitochondria; Resveratrol -- An Anti-Aging Drug?; Regenerating Limbs; The Placebo Effect; Sound…
This week, identifying developmental problems in kids; treating cancer in Kenya; sustainable global health programs; essential tremor; and the ups and downs of emergency…
This week, acetaminophen toxicity; an experimental drug for melanoma; a national sperm registry; and the book, The Country Doctor Revisited. Also, why it's a bad…
On Sound Medicine this week: an update on healthcare legislation; confusion over the new mammogram guidelines; bone-strengthening drugs that may reduce breast cancer…
Topics for this week include: New Receptor Found for HIV; Turning Medical Research Into Medical Business; The Problem with Flourescent Bulbs? Bone Marrow Matching;…
This week on Sound Medicine, the USDA’s proposed new guidelines for healthier school lunches; diagnosing food allergies in kids; alleviating post-partum…
This week, why many elderly hospital patients receive poor care; the safety of soy-based foods for breast cancer patients; and the book, Whirlwinds and Small Voices:…
Topics for this week include: ICU Patients Get Up and Moving; CT Scans; Gut Reaction: Overeating Can Impair Body Function; Checkup: Diet Betting; Self Sabotage: A…
Topics this week include: Celebrity Moms and Fertility; Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy; Skip Breakfast, Gain Weight; Urinary Incontinence; Book: Final Exam: A…
This week, statin drug warning; tanning addicts; gene therapy treats hemophilia; a gene for fatty foods; and teaching patients to eat healthy. Plus how trusting your gut…
This week, a soda tax for reducing the obesity rate; ways to reduce teen obesity; an Indianapolis teen loses 100 pounds; science of food addition; author of the book…
Topics for this week include: Teenage Girls & STDs; Hospital Mistakes; Education and Longevity; The Hospitalist, A New Kind of Doctor; Why Men Like Video Games;…
This week, Aaron Carroll on the Supreme Court's upcoming hearing about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act; bioethicist Arthur Caplan on the ACA;…
This week: new, non-surgical best-practices for breast cancer; antibiotics for ear infections; young weightlifters taking human growth hormone; and the author of The…
This week, the future effects of the new health care law; long-term benefits of sports for girls; benefits of moderate exercise; and in our Patient Listening series,…
Topics for this week include: The Prostate Screening Conundrum; Did You Know?: Love Handles and Breathing Difficulties; Myelin Breakdown and Brain Decline; The Night…
Topics for this week include: Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports; Essay: Extreme Fighting; Health Quiz: Baby Boomers and Alzheimers; Mind Workouts for Early-Stage…
This week, a special show devoted to ethical health care rationing with bioethicists Art Caplan and Eric Meslin, and health care policy expert, Aaron Carroll.
This week, Dr. Aaron Carroll discusses essential health benefits for the new healthcare law; health effects of radiation in Japan; less sedation for ICU patients;…
To celebrate Sound Medicine's tenth year on public radio, we invited our faculty hosts for a panel discussion about the past 10 years in medicine. They discuss…
Topics this week include: Beach Trips and Kids Skin Cancer; Did You Know?: Questioning Cleansing Diets; Alcohol Dependence and Decision Making; Mindful Eating; Checkup:…
Topics for this week include: Next Year's Flu Vaccine; Sound Ethics: Medicines in the Developing World; Another Risk for Premature Babies; Artificial Sweeteners…
Legal implications of SCOTUS decision on health care law; doctors who tweet, research shows calorie-intake the primary cause of weight gain; teens underestimate alcohol…
This week, low-temperature heart surgery; new resuscitation tools for EMTs; risks for cycling professionals; learn about sports concussion; and an essay with advice for…
The watchword this week: patient safety. Learn methods hospitals use to improve patient safety and ways research advocates protect patients involved in clinical trials;…
Topics for this week include: One-Time Flu Vaccine; Did You Know?: Preventing Child Abuse; Maintain Your Own Medical Records; Anesthesia and Learning Disabilities; Doc…
Topics this week include: Electroshock Therapy for Depression; Pot Belly Problem; Depression and Pregnancy; Pre-natal Care in Alaska; Video Games for Exercise?; PBS…
This week, child-safety expert Marilyn Bull, MD, will discuss the new AAP recommendations for kids in car seats. Also, an argument for more Medicare spending; a recall…
In Sound Medicine this week: a cure for sickle cell anemia; safe breast enlargement with fat injections; aspirin to prevent breast cancer recurrence; and end-of-life…
Topics for this week include: Federal Stimulus Funding for Health Clinics; Public Health Insurance: A Good Idea; Did You Know?: Sports Drinks May Harm Teeth; Book:…
New Recommendations for Colonoscopy; Breast Cancer Facts; Alligator Blood for Health; Indiana's Medically Underinsured Children; Young Adults with Special Needs;…
This week, gastric bypass surgery helps control diabetes; renowned breast cancer oncologist objects to the new mammography guidelines; how hope affects cancer patients;…
This week on Sound Medicine: lessons learned from the year's confusing flu season; legislation to improve school lunches; how salamanders regrow limbs; women…
Topics for this week include: Rise in Drug Abuse Among Baby Boomers; Why Boomers Abuse Drugs; Did You Know?: Hot Tea & Esophageal Cancer; Fat Cells Are Different in…
04-27-08: Genetic Counseling for Cancer; Breast Cancer Screening; Big Brains and Dementia; Diabulimia; Book: Hungry - Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin;…
This week, antibiotics in livestock; tobacco harms farmworkers; the legal case against big tobacco; the danger of sleeping pills; and how depression affects heart…
This week, HPV vaccine for boys and men; a blood test that detects cancer early; a profile of IU cancer researcher George Sledge; aerobic exercise improves memory; and…
We devote most of the hour to a conversation with author Rebecca Skloot, who tells the story of Henrietta Lacks -- a true tale of medical research that combines science,…
Topics for this week include: Swine Flu and Air Travel; Did You Know?: Blueberries for Reducing Belly Fat; Keeping Drinking Water Safe; New Tools for CPR Professionals;…
Topics for this week include: Healthcare Attitudes Affect Elections; Mother's Diet and Baby Gender; How Anesthesia Works; Short Sleepers; Computer Vision Syndrome;…
In celebration of National Nursing Week, this week's Sound Medicine explores how nursing has changed in the past decades, and how the new educational and…
A drug for alcohol-abuse may help children with fragile X autism; how drugs for alcoholism work; how anesthesia works in the brain; and two adoptive mothers describe…
This week, a newly discovered gene disorder in the Amish community, physicians and social media, and what it's like to grow up with, and grow old with, a disabled…
Topics for this week include: Swine Flu Update; Watching Swine for H1N1 Infection; Did You Know?: 2009 Air Pollution Report; Irradiating Food for Safety; International…
Topics this week include: Patient Activism Driving Health Industry Change; Many Ambivalent About the HPV Vaccine; Do Video Games Maker You Smarter?; Electronic Medical…
Topics for this week include: Checkup-Dogs and Work;Did You Know?- Too Little Sleep and Diabetes RiskSpray On Skin; Aging Eyes and Disease; Glaucoma and African…
Dislocated circadian rhythms affect humans’ sleep and overall health; the direct-pay model for medical care; how cavities can be contagious; and another Grace…
Vaccine refusals and measles outbreaks; the book, Smallpox, the Death of a Disease; a new formal DSM category for autism disorders; a book on hospital management called…
Topics for this week include: Bedbugs; Did You Know?: More Education, Better Health; Swine Flu Vaccine; Multivitamins Provide No Benefit; Checkup: Healthy Menu,…
Topics for this week include: Rand Report on Veterans with Mental Trauma; Are Breast Fed Kids Smarter?; Distracted Teen Drivers; Teen GPS Study; Interpreting Non-Verbal…
Topics for this week include: Taser Guns and heart attack deaths; Pink Slime and ground beef; Protein and weight loss; Benefits of exercise for breast cancer patients;…
This week: how the environment affects human health. Experts discuss pollution-induced asthma in children and contagious diseases indirectly caused by global warming.
This week, a decline in premature births; how to reduce sodium in our diets; peripheral arterial disease (PAD); medicating mentally ill children; also, high-tech band…
Topics for this week include: High-Fructose Corn Syrup, a Villain?; Did You Know?: Mediteranean Diet is Good for the Eyes; Swine Flu and International Law; Training…
Topics for this week include: Boxing Therapy for Parkinson's; Pollution and Blood Clots; When Patient Involvement Doesn't Improve Outcomes; Treating the…
The authors of the following books comprise some of the most captivating Sound Medicine interviews of the past year, compiled for this week’s edition. The Emperor…
Rebroadcast of Barbara Lewis's special interview with Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. With commentary by IU bioethicist Eric Meslin,…
This week, stories from two Iraqi war veterans -- an amputee-turned-triathlete and a battlefield surgeon. Also, a breast imaging specialist objects to the federal…
Topics for this week include: Birth Defects Correlate with Pesticide Use; Did You Know?: Talk Therapy for Insomnia; Transplant Counselor; Checkup: New Moms and Internet…
Longevity Interview with Tom Perls, Boston University; Long life study; Taste Memory and Emotion; Brain Changes in Young Alcoholics; Sound Ethics: History and Ethics of…
This week, how musician-injuries resemble sports injuries; controversy over price-hike of the drug Makena; author of the book, My Beautiful Leukemia; and heart disease…
This week, an Indiana cancer doc makes the Time 100; the feds' patient bill of rights; the pros and cons of a double mastectomy; personalized medicine for breast…
Shia Levitt reports on young adults with autism and their difficult transition into life outside a classroom.Two stories on young adults with autism; new research on…
This week, overworked and underpaid primary care docs, the integrative medicine debate, old dogs provide clues to human longevity, and a new technique for brainwave…
Topics for this week include: Don't Mix Plavix and Heartburn pills; Misused Booster Seats; Book: Early Intervention and Autism; Checkup: Climate Change and Health;…
Topics for this week include: New Treatment for Marfan Syndrome; TB in the Developing World; Too Much Noise; Adult Shingles; Fever and Autism; Adopted Teens and ADHD;…
This week, rare conditions: two types of tumors that cause severe health problems and acute pancreatitis. Also, an interview with the author of The Man in Room 9 Says…
This week, at-home care for the elderly; a recent study showing that caregivers are less healthy than their peers; depression may increase incidents of inflammatory…
Topics for this week include: Tamoxifen & Antidepressants; Did You Know?: Not Enough Sleep; Flu/job security; Brain Rules - Chronotypes; Birth Control Pills and…
Topics for this week's show include: Electronic Medical Records, Part 1; Electronic Medical Records, Part 2; Medical Mystery: High Lead & High Crime; High Tech…
This week: stubborn fat cells, incipient heart disease in middle schoolers, NASA's heart research, teaching empathy to medical students, and an interview with a…
This week, an idea for retail healthcare; an update on healthcare reform legislation; new treatments for pediatric leukemia; the book, The Other Side of Sadness; and…
Topics for this week include: Update on Health Care Reform; Did You Know?: Computer-Related Injuries; Whooping Cough Vaccine Refusals; Checkup: Music Helps Patients…
Topics for this week include: Physician-Rating Systems; Did You Know?: Carbs for Breakfast; Dentists Treat Sleep Disorders; Orthopaedic Stem Cell Surgery; Book: My…
This Fourth of July week: American medical history. Segments include a Civil War nurse's diary, vaccines in colonial America, the development of medical insulin,…
This week we re-broadcast some recent favorite stories: a study that claims computerizing hospitals does not save money; new NFL rules for concussions; exercises to…
Topics for this week include: Brown Fat Burns Energy; Did You Know?: More Pounds, Longer Life; Cell Phones Illegal for Teen Drivers; FDA Warns Against Zicam; Checkup:…
Topics for this week include: Walking for Health; Obese Children and Bone Strength; Did You Know?: Vitamin D and Longer Life; Rebuilding a Heart; Organic Tomatoes:…
This week: hospital noise, new rules for sunscreen labels, binge drinking and the brain, genome editing for hemophilia, and the author of the book Broken Bodies,…
This week, a roundup of recent breakthroughs in cancer research; a study that claims new medical residents are prone to deadly errors; defining value in healthcare…
Topics for this week include: Acupuncture with Toothpicks; Did You Know?: Being Sociable Slows Aging; Evidence-Based Medicine in Women's Health; Checkup: Anatomy…
Topics for this week include: Biosurveillance in Public Health; Did You Know?: White Blood Cells Fight Cancer; Doc Chat: Pandemic Influenza Summit in Indianapolis;…
Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus; Medical Magnet School in Indy; Shakespeare and Brain Activity; Rural Health Clinics; Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Kenya; Checkup: Too…
This week, breakthroughs in cancer research, mood disorders during pregnancy, how to become a morning person, and the authors of the book, Don't Cross Your Eyes.…
This week, teaching healthcare costs in medical school; a new way to treat diabetes-induced blindness; a virus that causes prostate cancer; and a book about a doctor who…
Topics for this week include: The New Smoking and Tobacco Laws; Tobacco Control & Public Health; Did You Know?: Less Sleep, Higher Blood Pressure; Heart Tissue…
Topics for this week include: Book: Take a Load off Your Heart; Did You Know?: Baby Smiles and Parental Bonding; The DASH Diet Improves Heart Health in Women; Checkup:…
This week, progress in repairing spinal cord injuries; pediatricians asking about guns; too many warnings on drug labels; and a physician with anorexia discusses…
This week, cell phone radiation and cancer; the safety of triclosan, a common antibacterial chemical; how robot avatars help medical ethicists; colds and contagion; SIDS…
Topics for this week include: Required Vaccinations for Kids; H1N1 Flu Update for the 2009 Season; Did You Know Healthy Commuting; Roundup of Colonoscopy Research;…
Topics for this week include: Genetic Counseling for Cancer; Medical Apologies; Did You Know?: Teenage Couch Potatoes; Statins and Memory Loss; Adult Day Care; Meet a…
Ovarian Cancer Early Warning Signs; Turtles as Pets?; Measles Virus as a Cure; An Essay on Advance Directives; Elevator Injuries; Cattle and Antibiotic Resistance in…
This week, a show devoted to AIDS. First, a historical overview with AIDS discoverer Dr. Jay Levy. Other topics covered include living with AIDS; a treatment that…
This week, mandates for free preventive health services; improving patient care at cancer centers; depression during pregnancy; medications during pregnancy; and…
Topics for this week include: Ethics of Using Placebos; Octomom Ethics; The Conscience Rule for Physicians; Exceptions to Informed Consent; Evaluating Medical News
Topics for this week include: Book: Healthcare, Guaranteed; Did You Know?: Tobacco Treatment for Cancer; Checkup: Treatment for Vertigo; PBS Show: The Forgetting
This week, latent tuberculosis; Vermont's single payer healthcare; healthcare lessons from the Clinton era; and two books: Pause Points and Surgeon Stories. Also,…
This week on Sound Medicine, a vaccine for breast cancer; warning labels for foods that choke children; surprisingly unhealthy foods; and the story of the little-know…
Topics for this week include: Camp Medical Detective; Medical Service Learning; Did You Know?: Travel & Blood Clots; Treating Eating Disorders; Checkup: Birthing…
Botulism in Canned Goods; Malpractice Claims and Pediatricians; Goat's Milk; Dieting for Older Adults; Genetics of Alcoholism; Failure of Nutrition Education; Drug…
This week, sunglasses protect your eyes, new treatments for glaucoma, heart murmurs can be serious, and coffee protects against breast and prostate cancer. Also, a…
Keeping young athletes hydrated during hot weather is Sound Medicine’s top story this week. Also, uninsured patients have higher death rates; budget cuts to…
Topics for this week include: Health Reform Update; Did You know?: Lawn Mower Accidents; Doc Chat: Treating Alcoholism with Drugs; Checkup: Dynamic Stretches Before…
Topics for this week include: Silver Tsunami; Did You Know?: Exercise: An Hour Per Day; 5-in-1 Vaccine; Losing Your Mind; Mitochondrial Disease; Checkup: Drum to Stay Fit
Toxic Algae; Over-Exercised Hearts; Exercise in Bursts; Priority Breast Cancer Drug; Auditory Nerve Implants; Air Travel and Blood Clots; Why the Guilt?; Infant Mental…
This week, depression linked to heart disease, advances in heart valve surgery, effectiveness of gory images on cigarette labels, The Longevity Project, and research…
Topics include individualized education plans for autistic kids; a nutrition plan for a healthier heart; tips for longevity; and a physician-historian’s glimpse at…
Topics for this week include: Sprint Versus Endurance Exercise; Did You Know?: Cheerleading Injuries; Treating Pancreatic Cancer; Cancer Cells Self-Destruct; Checkup: A…
Toxic Algae; Over-Exercised Hearts; Exercise in Bursts; Priority Breast Cancer Drug; Auditory Nerve Implants; Air Travel and Blood Clots; Why the Guilt?; Infant Mental…
This week, sleepy residents and medical errors; stem cell research to reverse blindness; the co-author of You Are Not Your Brain; and a food truck in Indy tackles…
The topic this week is patient safety. Reporter Sandy Roob explores how simulation-training in medical school helps future physicians avoid medical errors. Also, we hear…
Topics for this week include: Athletes & Heat Stroke; Did You know?: Popcorn, an Antioxidant; Drug Companies & Health Reform; Grace Notes: The Shadow of Death;…
Topics for this week include: Angie's List Rates Doctors; Did You Know?: A New Type of Athletic Tape; Epilepsy Pacemaker; High Temps on Artificial Turf; Checkup:…
Diet Soda Makes You Fat; Breast Cancer & Diet; Health Quiz: Hidden Trans Fats; Sound Ethics: Hot Topics; Defiant Youngsters; Provenge: Vaccine Treatment for Prostate…
This week, a reprise of a show devoted to autism. Topics include symptom relief with a dairy- and gluten-free diet, group therapy for autistic children, a model…
This week, a new device that prevents stroke during heart surgery. Also, discover how newborns learn; how vigorous exercise improves grades for college students; and how…
Topics for this week include: Federal Stimulus Funding for Health Clinics; Rise in Drug Abuse Among Baby Boomers; Did You Know?: Clean Plates & Overeating; Book:…
Topics for this week include: Lower the Drinking Age?; Did You Know?: Incense Burning & Cancer; Fitness Capitals of the USA; A New President's Fitness Test;…
The Mercy Foundation; Obesity, a Virus?; Medical Residents' Work Week; Allergen-Free Peanuts; Impending Rise in Alzheimer's Cases; Meet a Home-Health Aid
This week, promising drugs for metastatic melanoma, the traits of great healers, and why social media makes people sad. Also, an expert argues medical school should be…
This week, a prediction for the 2010 healthcare bill in the face of midterm elections; physicians in Haiti; measuring radiation exposure from common medical tests; and…
Topics for this week include: H1N1 Vaccine Clinical Trials in Children; A Longer Flu Season; Did You know?: Lifting Weights After Mastectomy; Economics of Preventive…
Topics for this week include: Medical Errors in Indiana; Black Box Warning for Cipro; Did You Know?: Lifestyle Choices & Cancer; Polymer Gel Treats Brain Trauma;…
Topics for this week include: What S-CHIP Means for Hoosiers; National S-CHIP Prospects; Bad Popcorn; Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer; Anti-Drinking Cure; Binge Drinking; A…
This week, Dr. Aaron Carroll on the healthcare reform law's individual insurance mandate; computerized prescription writing; massage for chronic back pain, Dr.…
This week, the return of whooping cough; must-have vaccinations; early onset puberty in girls; treatments for hot flashes in menopausal women; and the author of The…
Topics for this week include: The Mayo Clinic: Model of Efficiency; Efficiency Strategies at the Mayo Clinic; Did You know?: Divorce & Health; Pediatricians Deal…
Topics for this week include: Antidepressants, Too Readily Prescribed?; Lead Contamination in the Soil; Did You Know?: Thin Amish; Book: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with…
Topics this week include: Patient Navigator Services; Pregnant Smokers; Alli, the OTC Diet Pill; Corneal Transplant Research; How We Choose Mates; Ginseng for Fatigue;…
This week, emergency medical shelters, the dream hospital, excessive newborn screening, and the history of cocaine. Also, good reasons to exercise and another reason not…
This week, multi-organ transplants; an accurate test for Alzheimer's disease; acupuncture for cancer pain; and the second part of our interview with the author of…
Topics for this week include: Health Care Reform Update; Kids' Flu Shots; Did You Know?: Depression in Preschoolers; Common Meds & Cognitive Impairment in the…
Topics for this week include: Not If, But When -- Preparing for Pandemic, part 1 of 3; Did You Know?: Influenza Versus the Stomach Flu; Safe Pediatric Imaging;…
Topics this week include: Home Remedies for the Common Cold; Eating Disorder Prevention; Chronic-Disease Management; Eight Years a Frozen Embryo; Mold Linked to…
This week, drug testing for NFL players; a birth control pill for men; medical myths with Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman; and part for of our series on healers. Also,…
This week, two stories about health outreach taking place in African American barber shops and hair salons; also this season's universal flu shot; the end of the…
Topics for this week include: IU-Kenya Partnership -- After the Election Violence; U.S. Funding for AIDS Relief; Did You Know?: Surviving Cardiac Arrest; Developing a…
This week, training rural docs in Colorado and Indiana; nalmefene, a drug for alcoholics; and motivations of a doc that treats the homeless. Also, social mice lose…
This week, the benefits of palliative care; slowing the progress of macular degeneration; bogus anti-aging claims; a history of osteopathic medicine; and a positive…
Topics for this week include: The Human Toxome Project; Doc Chat: Advances in Breast Cancer Research; Did You Know? High Radiation Levels in Imaging Tests; College…
Topics for this week include: Not If, But When -- Preparing for Pandemic, part 3 of 3; Did You Know?: Caffeine in Energy Drinks; Heart Failure in Children; Checkup: Why…
Fall Allergies and Children; The Mysterious Human Heart; Diabetes and Women; Women's Knee Replacements; Cervical Artificial Disc; Asthma and Allergies; Lucid Dreams
This week, coal-fired power plants and mercury contamination; a physician withe epilepsy treats epileptics; and in the autobiography Critical Care, an English professor…
This week, two sides of the debate over the FDA's pending decision to approve Avastin for late-stage breast cancer; coaching for tantrum-prone doctors; photos that…
Topics for this week include: PARP Inhibitors to Treat Breast Cancer; Doc Chat: More Benefits to PARP Inhibitors; Did You Know? Smoking Dulls Tastebuds; Marijuana Linked…
Topics for this week include: Wrist-to-Heart Angioplasty; Did You Know?: Exotic Pets, Bad for Kids; Researching Undiagnosed Diseases; Meditation for High Blood Pressure;…
Swimming for Seniors; Mysterious Human Heart: Cardiac Genetics; What Use is the Appendix?; Fading Stigma of Mental Illness; Mental Health on College Campuses; Learning…
This week: a prostate cancer screening controversy and how women make choices about the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine. Also, an Indianapolis heart surgeon fulfills an…
This week, how a green hospital works; an update on the national health care reform lawsuits; inflammatory breast cancer; the drop in cancer mortality; and an interview…
Topics for this week include: H1N1 Flu Arrives in Indiana; Did You Know? Neuroticism and Premature Death; Patients Reading Physician's Notes; Dr. Marie Savage on…
Topics for this week include: Health Care Proposals in the Presidential Race; Did You Know?: Contaminated Bottled Water; Healthy Breast Tissue Bank; Checkup: Halloween…
Topics this week include: Recalls for Kids' Cold Medicines; Antacids May Raise Dementia Risk; Is Marriage Healthy?; An Artificial, Implantable Lung; Airline Travel:…
This week, a new autism drug; concussion treatment; obesity linked to certain cancers; heavy metals in protein drinks; a new type of anatomy text for medical students;…
Topics for this week include: Paying Physicians for Successful Outcomes, The Pilots' Diet, 2009 Flu Season Update, Ensuring a Patient's End-of-Life Wishes,…
Topics for this week include: Trends in the Business of Medicine; Did You Know?: Can Sleep Boost Your Grades?; Retail Health Care; Checkup: Hip Hop for Stroke; Sound…
A Vegetable Weapon Against Skin Cancer?; Breast Cancer Research; Update on the Cervical Cancer Vaccine; Performance: Doing Voices; Addicted to Lip Balm?; Sound Ethics:…
This week, demise of the Healthcare reform law's CLASS Act; insurance plan changes for low-income patients; a drug that may cure the common cold; and a campaign for…
The downside of multitasking; drug chats for teens; alcohol screening for medical residents; author of the book, Clutch; and robotic dogs as companions. Also, feeling…
Topics for this week include: Paying Physicians for Successful Outcomes; Did You Know?: The Pilots' Diet; 2009 Flu Season Update; Ensuring a Patient's…
Topics for this week include: Kids Spread Flu; Doc Chat: More Vitamin D for Kids; Acid Reflux in Kids; Checkup: Interpreting Hospital Report Cards; AMA Apologizes to…
Topics for this week include: Gulf War Troops & Sarin Exposure; Genius Grant for Gulf War Psychiatrist; Positive Thinking for Cancer Patients?; Prevent MRSA; How…
This week: Happy Bodies, Happy Souls project; improving odds for kidney transplant patients; new NIH rules for human subjects research; Book: The Definitive Guide to…
This week, Rehabilitation Through Robotics, Depression in Young Children, Studying and Drinking Abroad, Imaging Chemotherapy's Effects on the Brain, Life Expectancy…
Topics for this week include: Antibiotic Resistance from Meat; Did You know? Nutrition and Exercise; Fruit Fly Pheromones; Origins of Malaria; Checkup: Showerhead Germs;…
Topics for this week include: Too Many Premature Births in Indiana; Did You Know?: Smoking & Food Insecurity; Telling Cancer Stories; Early Screening for Prostate…
Topics for this week include: Transplant Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis; Virtual Colonoscopy; TV Watching & Blood Pressure; A New Way to Combat Bacteria; Cleaning…
This week on Sound Medicine, an Indianapolis high school student leads a drive to bring mosquito repelling bed nets to malaria-prone Africa. Also, researchers work to…
This week, when doctors are paid to endorse drugs; tai chi for fibromyalgia patients; author of Your Creative Brain, Shelley Carson; author of After the Diagnosis,…
Topics for this week include: Safety of Smokeless Nicotine Products; Did You Know? Childhood Strokes; Reforming How Physicians Are Paid; Dog Flu; Checkup: How Jokes Lift…
Topics for this week include: Polio Eradication; Did You Know?: Waist Fat and Early Death; Doc Chat: Deadly Baby Bottles?; Diabetes and Birth Defects; In Defense of the…
Topics this week include: Midwifery for Prenatal Care; Sleep and Obesity; Pain Charts Are Ineffective; Nicotine for Pain; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Maintaining Friendships
This week, routine CT scans for early lung cancer detection; unusual way to improve student learning; increase in hearing loss in teens; and authors of the books, The…
Topics for this week include: Mammography and Pap Tests; Mammography Doc Chat; Did You Know: Eating at Night; Health Care for Immigrants; Malpractice Reform and Health…
Topics for this week include: Kids with Arthritis; Fighting Drug-Resistant TB; Did You Know: Hardy Frozen Embryos; Cold Remedies for Kids; How to Prevent a Sinus…
Topics for this week include: Door-to-Door HIV Treatment; DNA Analysis for Health?; Families With AIDS in Kenya; Healthy Holiday Cooking; Medical Tourism Boom
This week on Sound Medicine, zinc for colds, no gory photos on cigarette packs, facial reconstruction, baby gender blood test, and author of the book, Get Me Out. Also,…
Accountable care organizations; raising awareness for spinal muscular atrophy; p53, the guardian angel gene; and violating medical ethics in 1940's Guatemala. Also,…
Topics for this week include: Fluoride Fight In Rockville, IN; African American Vets & PTSD; Did You Know? Stuffy Nose and Depression; Few Volunteers for Cancer…
Topics for this week include: Medicare Scams Alert; Update on Gulf War Illness; Did You Know?: A Decline in Cancer Diagnoses; Failure of an Anti-Drug Campaign;…
Topics for this week include: Sex Education in Indiana; Condom-Use Study; Acoustic Trauma; Cross-Protective Effects of the Cervical Cancer Vaccine; Dementia in Indiana;…
This week, Dr. BJ Casey on the marshmallow study and delayed gratification; DIEP breast reconstruction; the author of The Man Who Couldn't Eat; and the authors of…
All about autism: one family tells the story of their autistic son, whose symptoms dramatically improved with a dairy-free diet; promising research on autism…
Topics for this week include: Update on Healthcare Reform; German Model for Medicare; Did You Know? Antioxidants Can Be Harmful; New NFL Rules for Player Concussions;…
Topics for this week include: Statin Drugs for Everyone?; Repairing Implantable Heart Devices; Did You Know?: Too Much Salt; ADHD & Children's Motor Skills;…
Topics this week include: The Appendix, Useful After All; Second-Hand Smoke; Behind-the-Counter Drugs; Vaccinations at the Pharmacy; Pedometers and Exercise;…
This week, IU pediatrician Rachel Vreeman on chickenpox parties and flu shots for kids allergic to eggs. Also, robotic surgery for kidney tumors. Plus an interview with…
Rethinking the PSA prostate screening test; prospective new food-safety regulations; FDA-approved fat zapper devices; child-behavior advice from the author of The Self…
Topics for this week include: Harvard Study: IT Can't Cut Healthcare Costs; Electronic Medical Records in the Ambulance; Did You Know? Eat Colorful Veggies; Book:…
Topics for this week include: Medical Myths Debunked; Did You Know?: Heart Attacks in Women; Immune System Secrets; Checkup: Hand Bacteria; Doc Chat: Cancers that…
This week, why religiouls believers worry less, and reprised interviews with Drs. David Schenck and Larry Churchill, authors of Healers, Extraordinary Clinicians at Work.
Topics for this week include: Fat Burning from Exercise, Did You Know?:Too Clean for Your Own Health?; Prescription Drugs in Drinking Water; How Doctors Communicate with…
Topics for this week include: Bariatric Surgery & Brittle Bones; Transfats that Occur Naturally; Book: Adolescents with Cancer; Why Teens Smoke; Not all Seniors…