Hosts Barbara Lewis, Eric Metcalf, Jeremy Shere, PhD, and Kathy Miller, MD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Antibiotics in Healthy Livestock
Interview: Stephen Jay, MD
professor of medicine and public health
IU School of Medicine
In 1977, the FDA raised questions about the safety of giving healthy farm animals low doses of antibiotics in their feed, but the agency never acted on the problem.
Earlier this year, public interest groups filed suit and the FDA was ordered to...
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Positive Outlook Good for Heart Health
I'm Jeremy Shere.
Feeling happy is good for you psychological well being. But did you know that having an optimistic outlook may also help protect against heart disease?
According to a recent Harvard study, people brimming with optimism had...
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Tobacco’s Impact on Farmworkers
Interview: Peter Benson, PhD
author,
Tobacco Capitalism
assistant professor of anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis
When tallying the costs of tobacco-use, we usually focus on the health effects of smoking: cancer, emphysema and such. But anthropologist Peter Benson, PhD, has focused his work on the health effects of growing and producing tobacco: specifically,...
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The Case Against Big Tobacco
Interview: Sharon Eubanks, attorney
author, "Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against the Tobacco Industry"
Attorney Sharon Eubanks led the federal government’s case against the tobacco industry when she was at the Justice Department in the early 2000’s.
Now she is in private practice and has written a book about her experience, titled "Bad Acts: The...
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Checkup
Trans Fat Consumption Linked to Aggression
Trans fat –- the stuff found in fast food and snack cakes -- may be harmful for more than just your heart. It may also be bad for the driver who cut you off, the customer service rep who can’t answer your question, and the wall that’s about to get...
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Doc Chat: Are Sleeping Pills Dangerous?
Interview: Kathy Miller, MD
breast cancer specialist
IU School of Medicine
A recent study in the British Medical Journal Open reported the alarming findings that sleeping pill users are at a significantly higher risk of dying or contracting cancer than those who don’t take prescription sleeping aids.
IU breast cancer...
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Depression Affects Heart Function
Interview: Simon Bacon, PhD
assistant professor of exercise science, Concordia University, Montreal
You know that a good workout can elevate your mood, right? Exercise scientist Simon Bacon, PhD, studies the effect of exercise on the cardiovascular system, and he has found some surprising results among people who are clinically depressed.
Dr....
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