http://soundmedicine.iu.edu Listen to Sound Medicine, the weekly talk radio show sponsored by the IU School of Medicine and WFYI, 90.1 FM, the Indianapolis NPR affiliate. en-us Copyright 2012 Indiana University School of Medicine medschl@iupui.edu (IU School of Medicine) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +2000 http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/images/west.jpg http://soundmedicine.iu.edu 100 133 Sound Medicine Listen to Sound Medicine, the weekly talk radio show sponsored by the IU School of Medicine and WFYI, 90.1 FM, the Indianapolis NPR affiliate. Sound Medicine is produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. Host Barbara Lewis interviews medical experts on a wide range of current issues in medicine, from Alzheimer research to the West Nile virus. Joining Ms. Lewis each week are faculty co-hosts from the IU School of Medicine: Drs. Steven Bogdewic, David Crabb, Eric Meslin, Kathy Miller, and Ora Pescovitz. The program educates and encourages listeners to make sound health decisions. It's also a forum for health issues affecting local communities. public radio, health information, indiana, indianapolis, wfyi, medicine, sound medicine Contact Webmaster medschl@iupui.edu No No Recently, two teams studying the H5N1 influenza virus discovered how to produce a version of the highly pathogenic avian flu, which is easily transmissible in mammals. The researchers have agreed to suspend their research for 60 days to allow discussion of how the findings should be reported. IU bioethicist Eric Meslin, PhD, discusses the moratorium and how it may affect the research. Dr.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3134/Avian-Flu-Research-Suspended http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3134/Avian-Flu-Research-Suspended h5n1, bird flu, flu research moratorium, bioethics 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 I'm Jeremy Shere. Eating fried foods is generally considered a bad idea if you're concerned about heart health. But did you know that that may depend on the type of oil used for frying? According to a recent study by researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid, foods fried in olive oil appear to have no ill effects on the heart. Over the course of an 11-year study they followed more t.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3135/Heart-Health---Olive-Oil http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3135/Heart-Health---Olive-Oil olive oil, benefits of olive oil, cooking oil, fried food 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 To discover a patient's chance for developing breast cancer, one criterion physicians look for is a family history of breast cancer. In this week's doc chat, IU breast cancer specialist Kathy Miller, MD, explains new research from Stanford that -- contradicting an earlier study -- suggests family history might not be so useful in assessing a woman's risk of developing cancer, after all. The ne.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3136/Doc-Chat--Predictors-for-Breast-Cancer-Updated http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3136/Doc-Chat--Predictors-for-Breast-Cancer-Updated breast cancer risk, predictors for cancer, preventive mastectomy, BRCA, family history of cancer, kathy miller 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 A new strategy for treating liver cancer involves radiation, microscopic beads and an isotope known as Y-90. To learn how Y-90 microsphere radioembolization attacks liver tumors, Sound Medicine's Steve Bogdewic, PhD, meets with Indiana University liver cancer specialists Mary Maluccio, MD, and Matthew Johnson, MD. Drs. Maluccio and Johnson are on faculty at the IU School of Medicine and are re.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3137/New-Liver-Cancer-Treatment--Y-90 http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3137/New-Liver-Cancer-Treatment--Y-90 liver cancer, y-90, mary maluccio, matthew johnson, Y-90 microsphere radioembolization 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 If you have an infant, or spend time around newborns, you know that they're not always the life of the party. Most of the time, very young babies are just sort of there, cute little lumps crying and making weird sounds. But just because it might not seem like there's much going on with infants doesn't mean there's nobody home. Because, according to cognitive scientist Kristy vanMarle, there's a.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3138/Babies-Understand-Physics http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3138/Babies-Understand-Physics infant learning, baby neurology, Kristy vanMarle, babies and physics, infant comprehension, infant brain development 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 The latest dieting craze is the Dukan Diet, named for French doctor Pierre Dukan. Kate Middleton reportedly used it to drop a few dress sizes before her wedding to Prince William. Barbara Lewis asks Sound Medicine's new regular contributor, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, her opinion of this high-protein diet. Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber is on faculty at the IU School of Medicine, and she serves as.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3139/Doc-Chat--the-Dukan-Diet http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3139/Doc-Chat--the-Dukan-Diet dukan diet, Rohr-Kirchgraber, nutrition, high protein diet 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 And finally today, osteoporosis is the most common health problem women face today. In fact, one in five women will die within a year of breaking a hip. The good news: There are things women can do to bolster their bones. Host Barbara Lewis interviews bone health expert Diane Schneider, MD, who discusses her new book The Complete Book of Bone Health. Dr. Schneider started a non-profit orga.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3140/Book--The-Complete-Book-of-Bone-Health http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3140/Book--The-Complete-Book-of-Bone-Health boner health, osteoporosis, diane schneider, 4bonehealth, women's health 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 For the past 20 years, an unusual clinic in Baltimore has been providing comprehensive care to uninsured patients -- without government funding. The Shepherd's Clinic relies on medical professionals to volunteer their services and depends on patients to pay a voluntary fee of an hour's wage. Sound Medicine reporter Scott Goldberg meets with Shepherd's Clinic founder Jack VandenHengel and i.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3126/A-Model-for-Treating-the-Uninsured http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3126/A-Model-for-Treating-the-Uninsured uninsured, health insurance, shepherd's clinic, low-income patients, under-insured, free clinics, volunteer medical services, pay what you can 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 A slow economy affects families in multiple ways. Gustavo Carlo, PhD, of the University of Missouri, studies how financial uncertainty affects family relationships. Dr. Carlo explains that parents with financial problems are prone to depression, making them less effective parents. Carlo is the Millsap Professor of Diversity at the University of Missouri Department of Human Development and .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3128/Down-Economy--Poor-Mental-Health http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3128/Down-Economy--Poor-Mental-Health family mental health, depression, poor economy, weak economy, how a bad economy affects families 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 I'm Jeremy Shere. It's not uncommon for older brains to start slowing down a bit. Once we hit our late 60s, names, dates, and other details may not come to mind as easily as they once did. But did you know that our brains may already be over the hill as early as age 45? Over the past decade, European scientists studied the mental functioning of more than 7000 British Civil government empl.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3127/Cognitive-Decline-Begins-at-Age-45 http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3127/Cognitive-Decline-Begins-at-Age-45 cognitive decline, memory loss, aging, declining memory, slowing brain 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 So much attention has been focused on the cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin, usually known by its trade name, Botox, that it's easy to forget about the drug's serious medical uses. For example, the FDA recently approved Botox for preventing chronic migraines. Sound Medicine's David Crabb, MD, sat down with Indiana University neurologist Jay Bhatt, MD, to learn how it works. Dr. Bhatt is.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3129/Botox-for-Treating-Migraines http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3129/Botox-for-Treating-Migraines headache, migraine, chronic headache, jay bhatt, botox, botox injections, botulinum toxin 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 The statistics are easy to see: One out of three kids in America is now overweight or obese. But a new study finds that this issue may not be getting enough discussion in pediatricians' offices. Researchers looked at a decade's worth of national surveys on nearly 5,000 kids. All were at least a little overweight. "What we found is that most parents of overweight and obese children reported neve.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3130/Why-Pediatricians-Don-t-Discuss-Overweight-Kids http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3130/Why-Pediatricians-Don-t-Discuss-Overweight-Kids childhood obesity, fat children, pediatricians, overweight kids, talking about kids weight, 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 For most parents, multitasking is the norm. But is this a good thing? Our guest Barbara Schneider, PhD, says it depends whether you're a mom or a dad. Professor Schneider has been examining differences between multitasking parents, and her recently published study found that mothers not only multitask more, they are more likely than fathers to find it burdensome. The study was published in t.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3131/Working-Moms---Multitasking http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3131/Working-Moms---Multitasking multi-tasking, multitasking, multitask, gender differences, parental psychology, multitasking parents, barbara schneider 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 Not everyone agrees that the brain can perform more than one cognitive task at a time, including Sound Medicine's own Dr. Steve Bogdewic, a psychologist. In a chat with Barbara Lewis, Bogdewic says he thinks even the term "multitasking" is a myth. Dr. Bogdewic is a regular contributor to Sound Medicine. He is also executive associate dean for faculty affairs and professional development at.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3132/Doc-Chat--The-Myth-of-Multitasking http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3132/Doc-Chat--The-Myth-of-Multitasking multitasking, multi-tasking, the multitasking myth, brain cognition 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00 The Affordable Care Act has turned into both a political punching bag on the campaign trail, and a Supreme Court case in Washington. Our health policy analyst, Dr. Aaron Carroll, has an update on where things stand. Aaron Carroll directs the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at the IU School of Medicine..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3118/Prognosis-for-the-Affordable-Care-Act http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3118/Prognosis-for-the-Affordable-Care-Act obama care, supreme court challenge to the affordable care act, individual mandate, healthcare reform, aaron carrol 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00 Nicotine patches are a good way to quit smoking. But did you know they may also help improve memory loss in older adults? According to a recent study, people with memory problems on the spectrum between normal aging and dementia -- known as mild cognitive impairment -- benefit from small, regular doses of nicotine. Of 74 older adults with mild memory loss tested, those treated with nicotine.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3119/Nicotine-Improves-Memory-in-the-Elderly http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3119/Nicotine-Improves-Memory-in-the-Elderly nicotine, memory, dementia,alzheimers, memory loss, nicotine patch, healthy aging, vanderbilt university 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00 At the end of 2011, two prestigious scientific journals, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, both retracted papers on a reported an association between a mouse leukemia virus called XMRV and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. UC San Francisco virus expert Jay Levy, MD, the man who first discovered XMRV back in the 1970s, was one of the early skeptics. Today on Sound Medicine.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3120/No-Link-Between-XMRV-and-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3120/No-Link-Between-XMRV-and-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome XMRV, chronic fatigue, CFS, jay levy, virology, viruses, journal retractions, 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00 Recent Dutch research suggests that a very low calorie diet, 500 calories a day, can help obese people with diabetes by eliminating the need for insulin and improving heart function. Barbara Lewis asks Sound Medicine's own David Crabb, MD, for his take on this surprising finding, and what it might mean for diabetics in general..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3121/Doc-Chat--Extreme-Dieting-for-Type-2-Diabetics http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3121/Doc-Chat--Extreme-Dieting-for-Type-2-Diabetics diabetes millitus, cure type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet, calorie restriction, leiden university, heart health 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00 This is Jeremy Shere. So I have two ten-year-old boys, twins, and, no surprise, they're really into video games. Some of the games, like the wildly popular war game "Call of Duty," are pretty violent. See what I mean? And I worry sometimes that all that blasting away with video game guns and tanks and whatnot is, I dunno, harming their tender, impressionable psyches. But is it really? I spok.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3122/Violent-Video-Games-Alter-the-Brain http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3122/Violent-Video-Games-Alter-the-Brain violent video games, video game violence, aggression, aggressive behavior, kids and video games, neurology, neuroscience, tom hummer, iu medical school 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00 Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon signed into law the National Cancer Act, declaring what he called at the time, a "war on cancer." Four decades later, the nation's oncologists have been taking stock of their successes and failures. On the show today, Sound Medicine's Steve Bogdewic, PhD, speaks with one of the leaders in the war on cancer, Richard Schilsky, MD, professor of medicine .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3123/War-on-Cancer--40-Years-On http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3123/War-on-Cancer--40-Years-On national cancer act, war on cancer, cancer research, richard schilsky 2012-01-22T00:00:01+20:00