Hosts Barbara Lewis, Colleen Iudice, Eric Metcalf, Jeremy Shere, PhD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Sleep Deprivation & Medical Errors
Interview: Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH
Director, Sleep and Patient Safety program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
This year, the nation’s teaching hospitals instituted new rules that limit the number of consecutive hours that first year medical residents may work without sleep.
Our first guest, a Harvard sleep expert, says the rules do not go far enough, and...
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Early Pet Exposure Reduces Allergies
I’m Jeremy Shere.
Some parents fear that having a pet in the house may raise the risk of their kids becoming allergic to cats or dogs. But did you know that keeping a pet may do just the opposite?
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
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Reversing Blindness With Stem Cells
Interview: Jason Meyer, PhD, assistant professor of biology
School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Our next guest is doing front-line research in stem cells with the goal of using them to reverse blindness.
Jason Meyer, PhD, is assistant professor of biology at the in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University...
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Fake Health Info Online
If you’ve been online recently, you’ve probably seen this pop-up ad. It’s a fake but real-looking news website, with a fake reporter promoting the miraculous benefits of a specific berry. I’m not going to tell you which berry. I hate these...
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Book: You Are Not Your Brain
Interview: Rebecca Gladding, MD, psychiatrist
UCLA Steward and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Co-author,
You Are Not Your Brain The brain is a creature of habit.
If you respond a certain way to stimuli, your brain develops a habit of triggering cravings and thoughts.
The new book, You Are Not Your Brain, takes that idea and runs with it.
Dr. Rebecca Gladding is...
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In Indy, a Garden on the Go
Interview:
Sound Medicine reporter Colleen Iudice
And finally this week: a new approach to the problem of "food deserts," city neighborhoods where it's hard to find high-quality fresh produce.
In Indianapolis, the solution is showing up on street corners downtown: a food truck selling fruits and...
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