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Sound Medicine 02-07-10

This week, we hear about ethical issues involved with banking human tissue, especially tissue from pediatric patients; also, how antioxidant supplements reduce the benefit of exercise; why kids need more vitamin D; and about ways to prevent ACL injuries in young athletes. In this week's Checkup feature, the safety of alcoholic energy drinks.

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This week, Tanya Froelich on links between prenatal smoking and lead exposure to childhood ADHD; Aaron Carroll on the demise of the healthcare reform bill; Robert Gold discusses his book, The Forensic Pharmacist; Also, in our Patient Listening series, Rich Frankel meets a lung cancer survivor who explains why he kept his diagnosis a secret.

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Sound Medicine this week: trauma surgery in Haiti; a vaccine for melanoma; treating dogs with brain cancer; the book, Brain: The Complete Mind; and a Grace Notes essay on the perils of prayer. Also, why pregnant women get morning sickness. And the hidden dangers of the intensive care unit.

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This week on Sound Medicine: Computer models predict a large increase in type 2 diabetes cases; dreams as the pre-cursor to human consciousness; a short history of women in medicine; and another Grace Notes essay on the topic of prayer in medicine. Also, needlesticks in medical students and how sleep can be a memory aid.

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In Sound Medicine this week: Why many women at risk for cancer refuse the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen; how acidity in soft drinks damages teeth; high-impact sports strengthen bones in seniors. Also, an update on healthcare legislation and the latest "Grace Notes" essay by Dr. Larry Cripe.

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This week on Sound Medicine: IU bioethicist Eric Meslin explains why Darwin's Origin of Species still matters; also, hear reprised interviews with authors of these books: Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?; A Short History of Medicine; and A Brain Wider Than the Sky.

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In this week's show: how much fat your exercise really burns; how prescription drugs get into our drinking water; how doctors communicate with decision-making "surrogates"; and hear a medical student tell about his first experience with a dying patient. Plus the Sound Medicine Checkup and Did You Know features.

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Topics this week: research that shows high technology does not cut expenses or improve outcomes for hospitals and doctors' offices; how emergency care workers employ electronic medical records; author of the book Sugarless Plum, a biography of a diabetic ballet dancer; and author of the book Declarations of Dinosaur, about practicing family medicine. We also have another Grace Notes essay by Dr. Larry Cripe.

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This week's show includes an update on healthcare reform; a German model for American Medicare; new rules in the NFL for treating concussions; and hear an Indiana University cancer doc relate life experiences that include the anxiety and sadness of treating terminally ill cancer patients. In addition, learn how both antioxidants and sports mouth guards can be harmful to users.

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Topics this week: budget cuts threaten a community's water fluoridation program; efforts to improve mental health services for veterans; the difficulties of recruiting volunteers for cancer clinical trials; and the ethics of predictive medical testing. Also, a musical cure for tinnitis.

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Topics: New guidelines for mammograms and Pap tests; Healthcare for immigrants; malpractice reform and healthcare costs; also, we debut Dr. Rich Frankel's new "Patient Listening" series, which this week hears from a wounded Iraq war veteran.

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On Sound Medicine this week: marketing smokeless nicotine products; reforming the physician's fee-for-service pay structure; the dog flu and its vaccine; and the book, Smallpox, the Death of a Disease.

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Topics this week on Sound Medicine include antibiotic-resistance from livestock; the origins of malaria; a fruit-fly pheromone that could lead to better insect control; treating bipolar disorder; and Dr. Marie Savard on the importance of reducing life-stress.

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This week on Sound Medicine, Dr. Aaron Carroll compares the latest House and Senate HC reform bills; Dr. Marcia Shew discusses Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine; 12-year old researcher Brendan O'Neil discovers energy drinks don't work; and Dr. Tim Ford discusses the use of satellite imaging for predicting disease.

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This week on Sound Medicine, two breast cancer experts discuss PARP (Poly ADP-ribose polymerase) inhibitors and how these drugs show promise for treating breast cancer. Also, learn how smoking marijuana may correlate with testicular cancer; hear 2009 Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn discuss her research in telomeres; hear first-hand what it's like to live with AIDS as a chronic condition; and details about a study that claims just thinking about money affects how people experience pain an ...

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This week on Sound Medicine topics include the Human Toxome Project; why college athletes are vulnerable to H1N1; similarities among individuals hospitalized with H1N1; why primary care physicians suffer burnout; and humorist Eric Metcalf offers up his favorite home remedies -- and a prediction for the merican health care system.

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This week, a special edition of Sound Medicine. We air the health-care reform debate that took place on the IU School of Medicine campus, on Sept. 11, 2009.

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This week, Sound Medicine topics include: Dr. Malaz Boustani on common drugs that can cause cognitive impairment in older adults; Alison Gopnik, PhD, on her book "The Philosophical Baby," which looks at how babies perceive the world; and Dr. Aaron Carroll provides an update on health-care reform legislation. Also, Dr. Joe O'Neil on the Indiana law prohibiting teens from cellphoning while driving.

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