Hosts Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, Jeremy Shere, PhD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Harvard Study: IT Can't Cut Healthcare Costs
Interview: David Himmelstein, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, former director of clinical computing at Cambridge Hospital
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Sound Medicine, and happy Fourth of July! We’re celebrating this holiday weekend by taking a little time off and bringing you some of our most intriguing interviews from the past few months.
First up: a challenge to the...
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Pipe & Cigar Smoke
This segment originally aired March 21, 2010.
Did you know that smoking a pipe or cigar is nearly as bad as smoking cigarettes?
Because pipes and cigars may seem sophisticated, it's easy to get the impression they're healthier than...
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New NFL Rules for Player Concussions
Interview: Doug McKeag, MD, director of the IU Center for Sports Medicine
This segment originally aired December 13, 2009.
When NFL players head back to the practice field in the next few weeks, coaches and trainers will be following a set of guidelines put in place over the winter for how to deal with...
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Preventing ACL Injuries in Young Athletes
Interview: Scott McLean, PhD, professor of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
This segment originally aired February 7, 2010.
From the head, now down to the knees: Specifically, the ACL, which is short for anterior cruciate ligament.
As many as 400,000 youngsters tear their ACL’s every year. This matters...
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High Impact Sports Improve Bone Density
Interview: Vonda Wright, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, University of Pittsburgh
This segment originally aired January 10, 2010.
Conventional wisdom might suggest that as we age, we should take it easier on ourselves and attack our favorite sports with less ferocity.
Not so, says our next guest. Dr. Vonda Wright...
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Hand Sanitizer Effectiveness
This segment originally aired February 21, 2010.
Chances are at some point you've used hand sanitizer -- maybe at the zoo, or maybe you carry some in your car.
Anyway, pretty much all hand sanitizers make the same claim: 99.99%...
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Book: Genetic Rounds
Interview: Robert Marion, MD, director of clinical genetics, Montefiore Medical Center and Blythedale Children's Hospital, New York.
This segment originally aired March 21, 2010.
Finally this week: a clinical geneticist explains the fine art of translating scientific findings, often bad news, into useful information that a family can actually use.
That’s the job of...
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