Hosts Barbara Lewis, Jeremy Shere, PhD, Kathy Miller, MD, Larry Cripe, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD, talk to physicians and researchers about:
Are preventive care benefits available?
Interview: Mary Reed, Dr.PH., staff scientist at Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research.
Mary Reed, Dr.PH., staff scientist at Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, recently conducted a study that found many people may not be getting the low-cost preventive medical care that’s available to them.
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Can bad cholesterol be banished?
Interview: Laurence Sperling, M.D., director of the Center for Heart Disease Prevention, and professor of medicine at Emory University.
Laurence Sperling, M.D., director of the Center for Heart Disease Prevention, and professor of medicine at Emory University, speaks about LDL apheresis, a procedure that helps people get rid of harmful cholesterol.
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Could supercharged cells cure cancer?
Interview: Dan Waxman, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer for Indiana Blood Center.
Dan Waxman, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer for Indiana Blood Center, discusses the new treatment for prostate cancer, Provenge. The regenerative medical treatment involves supercharging white blood cells to enhance their...
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Are psychiatric diagnoses dependent on the Diagnostic Statisticians Manual?
Interview: Hugh Hendrie, MB, Ch.B., D.Sc., a geriatric psychiatrist, Regenstrief institute investigator, and an IU Center for Aging research scientist.
Hugh Hendrie, MB, Ch.B., D.Sc., a geriatric psychiatrist, Regenstrief institute investigator, and an IU Center for Aging research scientist discusses changes to the Diagnostic Statisticians Manual, which provides standard criteria for the...
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Grace Notes
Where's the white coat?
Larry Cripe, M.D., medical director of palliative care at Indiana University Hospital, discusses why he doesn't wear a white coat and why he urges beginning medical students to forgo wearing one as well.
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Checkup
More recess may increase mental and physical productivity in school children
If you ask any child what their favorite part of the school day is they will likely say recess. Many schools have been cutting recess time in order to focus on learning but a new study shows that all work and no play may do more harm than good.
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Did You Know?
Have kids, live longer
Having children is a blessing, but did you know having one or more children could help you live a longer life?
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