Hosts Barbara Lewis, Jeremy Shere, PhD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
The Human Toxome Project
Interview: Shia Levitt
Sound Medicine reporter
One of the trickiest questions to answer in medicine is "What’s normal?"
Your doctor can usually suggest what someone like you should weigh, or what your blood pressure or cholesterol level should be. And environmental scientists have defined...
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Doc Chat: Advances in Breast Cancer Research
Interview: Kathy Miller, MD
Breast Cancer researcher
IU Simon Cancer Center
You've seen the pink ribbons, so you know that it's breast cancer awareness month, a busy month for breast cancer researchers, including for
Sound Medicine's regular contributor, Dr. Kathy Miller. She’ll be on the road much of this month,...
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Did You Know?
High Radiation Levels in Imaging Tests
Did you know that imaging tests like CT-scans may expose you to dangerous amounts of radiation?
Imaging tests such as CT scans and nuclear imaging are valuable tools in the modern medical arsenal. Used wisely, imaging technology can help doctors...
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College Athletes at Risk for Novel H1N1
Interview: Dr. David Nieman, DrPH
Director of the Human Performance Laboratory
Professor of health and exercise science Appalachian State University
Now to the swine flu, or more properly, "novel H1N1."
The virus has already spread through a number of college football teams this fall. In fact, a CDC official recently was quoted as saying that the living, practice, and fatigue conditions of a...
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Doc Chat: Similarities in Patients Hospitalized With H1N1
Interview: David Crabb, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
The CDC has begun to collate the health records of patients hospitalized since last spring with the H1N1 virus, and there are some intriguing similarities.
For example, many were obese, or had other underlying medical conditions.
Barbara Lewis...
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Checkup
Eat Out and Eat Healthy
Everyone who's been on a diet knows that eating out can be a real challenge. But it doesn't have to be that way. Jeremy Shere has more on toeing the line while eating out.
Anyone who’s ever been on diet, or just trying to eat healthier, knows...
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Burnout in Primary Care Doctors
Interview: Mark Linzer, MD, professor of medicine
Linda Baier, MS, epidemiologist
Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
The nation's primary health care system is in a crisis. That’s the troubling conclusion of two researchers whose new study looks at burnout among primary care doctors, and what impact that stress is having on patient care.
Barbara Lewis talks...
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Eric Metcalf on Home Remedies
Interview: Eric Metcalf, essayist
Years ago, I worked for a publishing company that specialized in books of home remedies. The editors were always urging us to find novel remedies, typically for run-of-the-mill problems like heartburn, that the reader had never heard about.
The...
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