Hosts Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, and Jeremy Shere, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
MRSA From Household Pets
Interview: Scott Weese, DVM
Associate professor
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
The people who work to control infections inside health care facilities were notified recently that the staph infection known as MRSA has turned up in a surprising place:
On the paws and fur of therapy animals, such as the dogs taken to visit...
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Doc Chat: Acetaminophen
Interview: David Crabb, MD
Tylenol, Cold and flu remedies all contain acetaminophen. Should people be worried about using these over the counter drugs?
The FDA is requesting a few things. Let’s go one by one..
1. That the maximum daily dosage be decreased. Asking people...
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Did You Know?
Guidelines for Sleeping Babies
Did you know that dozens of magazines aimed at parents-to-be and parents with infants show babies sleeping in unsafe positions?
That's according to a report from the Children's National Medical Center. Researchers there examined 20 popular...
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Health Insurance Reform Hypotheticals
Interview: Eleanor Kinney, professor of law
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
Co-director, Center for Law and Health
No matter which health care reform proposal makes it through Congress, if any of them do, it is likely to include some dramatic rule changes for the health insurance industry.
For one, all of the reform proposals currently on the table would bar...
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Pain & Swearing
It's natural to swear when you stub your toe or experience some other kind of sudden pain. A new study shows that cursing makes pain easier to bear.
So say you're doing some minor home repairs, maybe fixing a loose door frame, confidently...
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Book: Don't Swallow Your Gum
Interview: Rachel Vreeman, MD, & Aaron Carroll, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Authors,
Don't Swallow Your Gum Next, the authors of
Don't Swallow Your Gum: Myths, Half Truths And Outright Lies About Your Body and Health.
The writers are guests on this program, Drs. Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman. They join Barbara Lewis in the studio today to...
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