Topics for the week of May 20, 2007: new Indiana laws that empower pharmacists and physician assistants; the book Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness; teaching kids the science of calories; negative health-effects of commuting; cola drinks and bone loss in women; and a study that provides a surprising look at what Americans drink.
Topics for the week of May 13, 2007: childhood obesity and early puberty in girls; the Cancer Prevention 3 study; how depression and cardiovascular health are related; Indy’s Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School; and an interview with Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday radio show.
Topics for the week of May 6, 2007: the stigma of childhood mental illness; a national program for adopting frozen embryos; the ethics of embryo adoption; and a discussion of the new book, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause.
Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. This week’s co-host is David Crabb, MD.Tourette Syndrome, a neurological disorder known for its involuntary movements and vocalizations, is not as rare as some may think. Sue Conners, an education specialist for the national Tourette Syndrome Association, will discuss workshops designed to help parents and educators better understand the syndrome and teach children suffering from the illness. Down Syndrome is the most common genetic disorder affecting newborns and a leading cause of learning disabilities in children. Deborah Driscoll, MD, professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss new prenatal screening methods and what many doctors think about the availability of the testing. Millions of American children suffer sports concussions each year. National Public Radio reporter Tom Goldman will explore the dangers of the severe brain injury and the importance of an early diagnosis.The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning for doctors prescribing anemia drugs such as Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp because of the increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks, and death for patients with cancer and kidney disease. Kathy Miller, MD, breast cancer specialist at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, talks about the threat posed by these drugs and the alternatives for patients suffering from anemia.The New York City health department is planning a campaign to encourage men at high risk of AIDS to get circumcised. Robert Bailey, MPH, PhD, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will discuss a recent clinical study and explain why circumcision helps to prevent the transmission of HIV and how this could potentially help the growing problem of AIDS in Africa.The malaria parasite is primarily transmitted by the female mosquito and is the leading cause of death in African children under age 5. Jesse Matthews, a third-year medical student at Saint Louis University, and a fellow student launched a personal fight to help prevent some of the one million malaria deaths in Africa each year. Through their organization, Netlife, the students raise money to buy bed nets coated with insecticide and deliver them by bicycle to rural villages in West Africa. He will talk about their motivation, the reactions of the villagers, and the potential growth of their organization.Sound Medicine is underwritten by the Lilly Research Clinic, Clarian Health, and IU Medical Group; Jeremy Shere’s “Check-Up” is underwritten by IUPUI.
Topics for the week of May 27, 2007: Pediatric narcolepsy; birth defects and pesticides; eye infections for contact-lens wearers; restless legs syndrome, and how to ease homesickness in camp-bound kids.
Topics for the week of June 3, 2007: the medical ethics of phase IV clinical trials; fibromyalgia, the multi-tasking myth, red meat and breast cancer, and a mothers’ milk bank in Indiana.
Topics for the week of June 10, 2007: Rickets Returns; Breast Milk Donors; Artificial Blood?; Pesticides and Infertility; Firefighter Hazards; Heart Beat iPods; Kids and Ear Buds.
Topics for the week of June 10, 2007: Weekend Heart Attacks; Emergency Heart Care at St. Francis Hospital; Health Quiz: Drinking Too Much Water?; Web Cams in Hospitals; Colon Cancer and African Americans; Checkup: Out-of-Body Experiences; Book: The Hormone Decision.
Topics for this week’s show: Extreme Drug Resistant Tuberculosis; Essay: TB in Africa; Morgellon’s Disease; A Smoker’s Gene?; Checkup: When Anger Helps; Sleep and Memory; Health Quiz: Echinacea for Colds?
Topics for this week include: Fireworks Injuries; Sealing Kids Teeth; Health Quiz: Being Fat AND Skinny; Doc Chat: Meningitis Vaccine; LASIK Eye Surgery; LASIK for Aging Eyes; Checkup: Fast Food and Fatty Liver Disease; Book: When Illness Goes Public.