Hosts Barbara Lewis, Eric Meslin, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Beach Trips and Skin Cancer
Interview: Lori Crane, PhD
Associate Professor of Community and Behavioral Health
University of Colorado, Denver
Between now and the end of summer, a lot of American families will be heading to the beach.
You’ve heard all the warnings about sunscreen and hats as a way to protect yourself and your kids from too much sun.
But a new study our of the...
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Questioning Cleansing Diets
According to nutrition experts, there’s no scientific evidence to support the notion that cleansing diets actually help rid the body of toxins or promote weight loss. They say that the liver, lungs and kidneys do a fine job on their own of ridding...
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Alcohol Dependence and Decision-Making
Interview: Peter Finn, PhD
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington
A new five-year research project funded by the National Institutes of Health is studying the links between the brain’s decision-making ability and alcohol dependence.
Earlier studies have found that reduced attention capacity and impulsive...
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Book: Mindful Eating
Interview: Jan Chozen Bays, MD
Pediatrician
Zen master
Now, some thoughts about your next meal.
Before you lift your fork, our next guest wants you to slow down to think about what you're eating and why.
Dr. Jan Chozen Bays is both a pediatrician and Zen master.
She says the two careers have...
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Checkup
Warm-ups for Surgeons
When you go to a baseball game, or any sporting event, it's not unusual to see the athletes warming up. Same for musicians, dancers—all performers, really.
But what about doctors? Do they warm up? Should they? Richard Satava, a professor of...
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Sound Ethics: Medical Conscience
Interview: Meg Gaffney, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
It’s time for our regular monthly segment on bioethics.
This week, our regular guest Dr. Eric Meslin takes up the Obama administration’s recent suspension of the so-called medical "conscience rule."
The rule permitted all health care providers...
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Happier Marriages for Empty Nesters
Interview: Sara Gorchoff, PhD
Specialist in adult relationships
University of California, Berkeley
Finally this week, a psychological study about the "empty nest syndrome."
Turns out it's not as bad as we once thought.
Sound Medicine,'s Dr. Steve Bogdewic chats with researcher Sara Gorchoff, a specialist in adult relationships at...
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