Hosts Barbara Lewis, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
How prevalent are eating disorders among older women?
Interview: Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., director of the eating disorders program at the University of North Carolina.
While most people associate eating disorders with young women, a new demographic has emerged as a prime age for developing an eating disorder. In a recent study, 13 percent of women older than 50 were identified as having some kind of eating...
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What impact does fast food consumption have on the development of diabetes?
Interview: Andrew Odegaard, Ph.D., Post-doc researcher, University of Minnesota.
Andrew O. Odegaard, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in Minneapolis, studied people from Singapore who consumed Western-style fast food at least twice a week. He found that their odds of developing diabetes increased by...
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What health risks are associated with tattoos?
Contaminated tattoo inks have been linked to serious diseases. A bacteria known as NTM, that has been found in contaminated ink, causes lung disease, joint infections, and eye problems.
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What has changed since the Women’s Health Initiative findings ten years ago?
Interview: Cynthia Stuenkel, M.D., Clinical professor of medicine at University of California, San Diego, former president of North American Menopause Society.
In the summer of 2002, researchers terminated a long-term trial of hormone therapy in menopausal women, prompted by the discovery that taking hormones put women at a higher risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. This finding...
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Why do chimps rarely suffer from cancer?
While humans and chimps share 96% of their DNA, chimps rarely experience cancer in comparison to humans. Soojin Yi, Ph.D., faculty in the School of Biology at Georgia Tech reveals that there is not a simple answer to explain this observation.
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How do long periods of sitting affect your longevity?
Interview: Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., lead researcher and a professor of population science at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
A new study has found that sitting for more than three hours a day can shave years off your life span. Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., lead researcher on this study and a professor of population science at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton...
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How does a patient’s motivation towards their health care facilitate health outcomes?
Interview: Theresa Rohr Kirchgraber, M.D., Director the IU National Center for Excellence in Women's Health, regularly sees patients at Wishard and Riley hospitals.
In a New York Times column, Pauline Chen, M.D., examines how patient engagement with their health care affects their health. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., resident women’s health expert for "Sound Medicine," discusses the increased incidence of...
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