Hosts Barbara Lewis, Eric Meslin, PhD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Federal Stimulus Funding for Health Clinics
Interview: Sandy Roob, reporter
Sound Medicine The spigot of federal stimulus dollars has been turned on around the country.
Now some of that money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is reaching health care.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released...
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Public Health Insurance: A Good Idea
Interview: Aaron Carroll, MD
Indiana University Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research
Congress heads back to Washington this week after its spring break.
One of the first big issues that will need to be resolved in any health-care reform package is whether to leave the job of providing non-Medicare health insurance entirely in the...
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Did You Know?
Sports Drinks May Harm Teeth
Recent research reveals that sports drinks may weaken and damage teeth.
That’s according to a study by NYU dental researchers. They found that popular sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade contain levels of acid that can stain teeth and cause...
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Book: Healthcare: Guaranteed
Keeping on this week's topic, we revisit an interview from our archives. Our interview with bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is as relevant now as when it was recorded last summer.
Ezekiel Emanuel, bioethicist at the National Institutes of...
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Temperature Shifts Cause Migraines
Interview: Patricia Neighmond, reporter
National Public Radio
This time of year, temperatures can swing wildly -- from chilly mornings to almost hot afternoons.
According to a study published in the journal
Neurology, those drastic temperature changes can trigger migraine headaches.
NPR's Patti...
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Recession Healthcare Toolkit
Things are bad. We all know this. Like so many people, maybe you’ve lost a good chunk of your savings. Or maybe you've lost a job and benefits, including health coverage.
And when that happens, what should you do? Well, the good people at the...
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Book: Forgetting: When to Worry, What to Do
Interview: Joan Carson Breitung, author
Forgetting: When to Worry, What to Do Know where your car keys are?
How about the name of the person you met this morning?
As the nation's 70 million baby boomers age, our memories may be getting a bit fuzzy.
In Joan Carson Breitung's new book,
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Grace Notes: Dying Pretty
Interview: Larry Cripe, MD
Associate professor of medicine and oncologist
Indiana University School of Medicine
IU oncologist Dr. Larry Cripe has spent a lot of time thinking about care at the end of life.
This week, Dr. Cripe remembers one man's notion of "dying pretty."
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