Hosts Barbara Lewis, Eric Meslin, PhD, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Paying Physicians for Successful Outcomes
Interview: Mark Wynn, project manager, Premier Financial Service
One of the most contentious parts of the debate over reforming the health care system is the current system called "fee for service," in which physicians and hospitals are paid for what they do, rather than for how well they care for...
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Did You Know?
The Pilots' Diet
Did you know that what a pilot eats may affect how well he flies?
According to a recent study, pilots whose ate a diet high in carbohydrates and fats did better in a simulated flight test than when they ate a protein-rich diet. They also slept...
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2009 Flu Season Update
Interview: Anthony Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci says that, in addition to the new vaccine, the best prevention methods are pretty simple.
Dr. Anthony Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Ensuring a Patient's End-of-Life Wishes
Interview: Greg A. Sachs, MD
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, IU School of Medicine
You’ve no doubt heard of "do not resuscitate" or DNR orders, the instructions given to hospital employees that a patient has chosen not to receive extraordinary measures such as intubation near the end of life.
But those orders typically only...
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Grace Notes
The Circle of Life
As that previous conversation suggested, knowing how to recognize when the end of life is near is a delicate maneuver, even for the most experienced physician.
That’s what
Sound Medicine essayist Larry Cripe discovered, when he thought...
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Checkup
How Smart is the Smart Choice Label?
Are Fruit Loops a health food? Yes, according to the new Smart Choices program.
In this week's
Sound Medicine Checkup, Jeremy Shere attempts to figure this out.
Say you're at work. It's mid-afternoon, and you're hungry. So you track...
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Book: Taming The Beloved Beast
Interview: Daniel Callahan, PhD, senior researcher, The Hastings Center
Time now for our monthly conversation with Sound Medicine’s bioethicist, Dr. Eric Meslin. You’ll hear from him in a moment.
We start, though, with another well-known thinker in the field of bioethics, Daniel Callahan, a senior researcher at the...
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