Hosts Anne Ryder, Barbara Lewis, David Crabb, MD, Eric Metcalf, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
How do traditional and social media converge to help those with rare diseases?
Interview: Field piece by Mary E. Harris.
In a field piece by Mary E. Harris, the story of Jeneva Stone and her son Robert, who suffers from a previously unidentified genetic disease, is set against the backstory of the foundation of the Rare Genomics Institute. Jimmy Lin, a geneticist at...
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What happens when a leading medical institution excludes a new drug from its treatment panel?
Interview: Aaron Carroll M.D., M.S., Director for the Center of Health Policy and Professionalism Research, Indiana University School of Medicine and associate professor of pediatrics.
After Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center decided it would not use a drug that cost twice that of a comparable one with the same efficacy, the manufacturer decided it would reduce its cost by half. Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., talks about the...
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What are the long term effects of ADHD?
Researchers at NYU have concluded that adults with ADHD are more likely to have less education, lower income, and higher rates of substance abuse and divorce than their peers without the disorder. Host Jeremy Shere discusses the limitations of this...
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What happens when patients don’t follow doctors’ orders?
Interview: Walid Gellad, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine, assistant professor of health policy and management, U of Pittsburgh; associate scientist at RAND Corporation.
Studies show that when patients don’t take their medications as prescribed, their conditions and the cost of health care rise precipitously. Walid Gellad, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of health policy and management and the University of...
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How do you know if it is time to reach out for help with addiction?
Interview: J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-author of “Almost Addicted.”
In another segment with J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-author of “Almost Addicted,” Boyd discusses when it is necessary to reach out for professional help or attend AA or NA...
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What makes your stomach turn?
Scientists are only beginning to understand what causes nausea. Linda Parker, professor of psychology at University of Guelph in Canada, has studied the physical origin of nausea in rats. Parker discusses her research with nausea and rats, and its...
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What do "mundane" behaviors accomplish?
Interview: Robert Provine, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Psychologist Robert R. Provine, Ph.D., set out to find the purpose of behaviors we all exhibit, including laughing, yawning and sneezing. In his new book “Curious Behavior,” Provine shares the inspiration behind his book and the parallels between...
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When should doctors retire?
Interview: William Norcross, M.D., Professor of Clinical Family Medicine; founder of PACE physician evaluation program, UCSD.
In a new segment titled “Voices from the Clinic,” host Steve Bogdewic, Ph.D., chats with William Norcross, M.D., who started the Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program designed to help physicians decide when it is time to retire....
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