Hosts Anne Ryder, Barbara Lewis, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
What factors have influenced the rise in knee replacements?
Interview: Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A., Director, Division of General Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Total knee replacement has become one of the most common and most expensive surgeries in the U.S. Peter Cram, M.D., MBA, director of the Division of General Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, ascribes the growth in knee...
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Are health and happiness linked?
Host Jeremy Shere, discusses the results of a study that looked at levels of happiness in the course of illness and people’s ability to adapt to health issues.
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Are the effects of “chemo brain” irreversible?
Interview: Diane Von Ah, R.N., Ph.D.,Assistant professor and Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar at the Indiana University School of Nursing.
“Chemo brain” was coined for cognitive problems such as memory difficulties and slow processing speed experienced by patients receiving chemotherapy. In a recent study, Diane Von Ah, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor at the Indiana University School...
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Is talk therapy effective over the phone?
Peter Jones, head of the department of neuroscience at Cambridge University discusses the results of his study that looked at the effectiveness and convenience of talk therapy conducted over the phone with host, Jeremy Shere.
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Do feelings of loneliness pose health risks?
Interview: Carla Perissinotto, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics.
Are you feeling isolated or left out? Even people who are married or have a companion may feel lonely. Carla Perissinotto, M.D., MHS, an assistant professor in the University of California, San Francisco Division of Geriatrics, found that loneliness...
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How do drugs get their names?
Interview: Scott Piergrossi, Vice President of Creative Development at the Brand Institute Inc.
Scott Piergrossi shares some of the secrets behind naming drugs, which he is familiar with in his role as vice president of creative development at the Brand Institute Inc. Drug names carry subtle messages to physicians and consumers. So, before a...
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