Hosts Anne Ryder, Barbara Lewis, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:

This week on Sound Medicine...

How does the Affordable Care Act affect taxpayers now?

Interview: Aaron Carroll M.D., M.S., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the IUSM and is the Associate Director for Research of the Children’s Health Services Research Program.

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How can hiking increase creativity?

Can hospital observation areas decrease health care spending?

Interview: Christopher Baugh, M.D., M.B.A, Medical Director, ED Observation Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

How can hospitals improve the quality of their care?

Interview: Matthew McHugh, Ph.D., J.D., MPH, R.N., assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

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How can lack of sleep lead to depression and learning defecits?

Will osteoporosis screenings fall victim to budget cuts?

Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., FACP, associate professor of clinical medicine and pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine

Are extreme conditioning programs safe?

Interview: Michael Bergeron, Ph.D., FACSM, is the executive director of the National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute and a professor of pediatrics at the Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota.