Hosts Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Shorter Treatment for Latent TB
Interview: Timothy Sterling, MD, professor of medicine, Infectious disease division
Vanderbilt University
We begin today with an encouraging lead in treating one form of tuberculosis.
"Latent TB" is the form of tuberculosis infection that, for the time being, at least, is held in check by the body’s immune system.
The problem is: if the immune...
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Olive Oil Reduces Stroke Risk
I’m Jeremy Shere.
It’s well known that a Mediterranean diet is healthful. But did you know that olive oil, especially, may be extra good for the heart?
According to a recent French study, seniors who regularly use olive oil in cooking and as...
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Vermont's Single-Payer Healthcare Plan
Interview: Aaron Carroll, MD, associate director for research Children’s Health Services Research Program
Indiana University School of Medicine
One state – Vermont – has decided to adopt a single-payer healthcare plan for its 600,000 residents.
The law doesn’t take effect until 2014, but healthcare policy experts are watching carefully to see whether it works better, worse, or entirely...
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Healthcare Lessons from Clinton Era
Interview: Jeffrey Selberg, Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
In a commentary in Health Affairs, Jeffrey Selberg, wrote about the similarities between the Obama and Clinton administrations, including some warnings of what’s ahead for hospitals and for patients.
Selberg is Chief Operating Officer of the...
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Fat Substitutes & Weight Gain
Among the greatest inventions in history, fat-free snack foods has to rank somewhere in the top 10. I mean, what’s better than being able to dig into a bag of potato chips without the guilt of consuming hundreds of grams of fattening fat?
Except...
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Book: Pause Points
Interview: Gene Harker, MD, PhD
Assistant professor of anesthesiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Roudebush VA Hospital
Two books, now, that you might want to slide into your beach bag next to that trashy novel.
First, the book Pause Points, by Gene Harker, MD, PhD, is about living mindfully.
Dr. Harker's book contains exercises for relaxing and increasing...
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Book: Surgeon Stories
Interview: Daly Walker, MD, retired surgeon
Vietnam Veteran and author of
Surgeon Stories And finally this week: what is it like to take a lifetime of experience in the operating room and turn it into fiction?
Dr. Daly Walker, a retired surgeon and author, spent the early years of his career as a battalion surgeon in Viet Nam. His...
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