Hosts Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, Jeremy Shere, PhD, and Kathy Miller, MD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Safety of Smokeless Nicotine Products
Interview: Jeff Wigand, PhD
Former vice president of research and development
Brown & Williamson
We start today with a story about how the tobacco industry is working to expand its reach, and how state and federal regulators are pushing back.
With more and more localities banning cigarette smoking, the tobacco industry is devising new ways...
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Did You Know?
Childhood Strokes
Did you know that kids having a stroke is more common than you may think?
Strokes in kids are rare. A recent study found that for every 100,000 children in the U.S., only about two and a half have strokes. But that's up to four times more often...
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Reforming How Physicians Are Paid
Interview: Ron Ackermann, MD, associate professor of medicine Indiana University School of Medicine
One of the principles that’s underlying a number of proposals to overhaul the health industry is to change the way doctors are paid, from the fee-for-service model to a system that would reward doctors whose patients receive high-quality...
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Dog Flu
Interview: Edward Dubovi, PhD, professor of virology
Director of virology, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
Just as we’re beginning to get our heads around a swine flu epidemic, along comes another scourge: dog flu -- a contagious respiratory disease in dogs. There have been sizeable outbreaks across the United States in recent months, and the USDA just...
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How Jokes Lift a Bad Mood
Say you're in a bad mood. Like, the kind of gloomy irritation that sets in when you've had a lousy day at work and then get stuck in traffic on the way home.
Everyone knows that there's no better antidote for feeling rotten than laughing at a...
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Book: Smallpox--the Death of a Disease
Interview: D. A. Henderson, MD
Author,
Smallpox -- The Death of a Disease There’s one human disease in history that’s been wiped out on purpose: smallpox.
In his new book,
Smallpox — the Death of a Disease, Dr. D.A. Henderson tells the story of how he led the World Health Organization’s eradication...
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