Hosts Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Interview: James Ford, MD,
Associate professor of medicine, genetics and pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
We pick up today where we left off last week, with more news about one of the most encouraging threads of research into the causes and treatments for breast cancer.
It’s an enzyme that’s in all of ...
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: Kathy Miller, MD
Breast cancer specialists
IU School of Medicine
Sound Medicine's Dr. Kathy Miller, breast cancer specialist at the IU School of Medicine, offers more details on the benefits of PARP inhibitors....
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Smoking Dulls Tastebuds
Did you know that smoking cigarettes dulls your sense of taste?
As there weren't enough reasons to avoid or stop smoking, a recent study finds that smoking harms your ability to taste.
Smokers a...
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: Stephen Schwartz, PhD
Epidemiologist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wa
Marijuana may not be as addictive as harder drugs, but a new study finds that men with testicular cancer were 70% more likely to be marijuana users, indicating that smoking the plant may increase the ...
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Sound Medicine producer, Colleen Iudice.
One of the real medical success stories of the past decade is in the area of treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
It’s not a stretch to say that HIV and AIDS have been transformed from a ...
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Sperm Allergy
Time now for this week's Sound Medicine Checkup.
Sexual problems come in a wide variety -- everything from erectile dysfunction to lack of libido. But what happens when a woman is allergic to a man...
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: Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD
Endowed chair in biology and physiology
University of California, San Francisco
The Nobel Prize for Medicine was announced earlier this month. It goes to three scientists who’ve been exploring the world of telomeres.
Think of telomeres as the genetic equivalent of the plastic ...
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: Kathleen D. Vohs, PhD
Associate professor of marketing
University of Minnesota
Money isn’t everything. But it may influence us more than we like to think. A recent study finds that thinking about money affects how we experience pain and social rejection.
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