http://soundmedicine.iu.edu Listen to Sound Medicine, the weekly talk radio show sponsored by the IU School of Medicine and WFYI, 90.1 FM, the Indianapolis NPR affiliate. en-us Copyright 2012 Indiana University School of Medicine medschl@iupui.edu (IU School of Medicine) Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +2000 http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/images/west.jpg http://soundmedicine.iu.edu 100 133 Sound Medicine Listen to Sound Medicine, the weekly talk radio show sponsored by the IU School of Medicine and WFYI, 90.1 FM, the Indianapolis NPR affiliate. Sound Medicine is produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. Host Barbara Lewis interviews medical experts on a wide range of current issues in medicine, from Alzheimer research to the West Nile virus. Joining Ms. Lewis each week are faculty co-hosts from the IU School of Medicine: Drs. Steven Bogdewic, David Crabb, Eric Meslin, Kathy Miller, and Ora Pescovitz. The program educates and encourages listeners to make sound health decisions. It's also a forum for health issues affecting local communities. public radio, health information, indiana, indianapolis, wfyi, medicine, sound medicine Contact Webmaster medschl@iupui.edu No No One of these days, you might not have to crane your neck and read upside down just to figure out what your doctor is writing in your chart. So what happens when patients can read their own charts? That's what Harvard Medical School professor Tom Delbanco, MD, wanted to know when he started the Open Notes project. Open Notes is research collaboration that has set out to answer this question.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3147/The-OpenNotes-Project http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3147/The-OpenNotes-Project opennotes, doctor's notes, medical chart, patient records, medical records, PHI, tom delbanko, open notes project 2012-02-19T00:00:01+20:00 Checking your blood pressure is a good way to monitor heart health. But did you know that it may be even better to take blood pressure readings from both arms? That's because a discrepancy in readings taken from the left and right arms could be a sign of blood vessel and heart disease. According to a recent study by British researchers, a difference of more than 15 points in readings taken f.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3148/Taking-Blood-Pressure-From-Both-Arms http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3148/Taking-Blood-Pressure-From-Both-Arms blood pressure, taking blood pressure in both arms, BP, blood pressure cuff, systolic readings 2012-02-19T00:00:01+20:00 Any ex-smoker can tell you: it sometimes takes more than one try to kick the habit. Now, there's new research showing that nicotine replacement therapies such as nicotine patches and gum might help in the short run, but aren't effective in the long term. Barabara Lewis chats with the study's co-author Hillel Alpert, ScM. A professor of public health at Harvard and director of Harvard's .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3155/Nicotine-Patches-Aren-t-Effective http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3155/Nicotine-Patches-Aren-t-Effective nicotine patch, smoking cessation, hillel alpert, tobacco cessation, quit smoking, tips for quitting smoking 2012-02-19T00:00:01+20:00 When it comes to another health problem – obesity – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced recently that they will start paying for obesity screening and intensive behavior counseling. That decision could set the stage for private insurers to consider covering the same services. Host Barbara Lewis asks Sound Medicine's resident psychologist Dr. Steve Bogdewic what he thinks of the u.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3149/Doc-Chat--Medicare-to-Cover-Obesity-Screening http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3149/Doc-Chat--Medicare-to-Cover-Obesity-Screening obesity screening, medicare, medicaid, preventive care, obesity counseling for medicare patients 2012-02-19T00:00:01+20:00 So let's say you're a primary care doctor, and a big part of your job is counseling patients about weight loss. Lots of your patients could stand to lose a few pounds; some need to lose a lot. Now, should it, or does it matter, how much you weigh? That's what Johns Hopkins public health researcher Sara Bleich wanted to know. So she surveyed around 500 docs. "And the one sentence synopsis of .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3151/Overweight-Docs-Less-Likely-to-Advise-Weight-Loss http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3151/Overweight-Docs-Less-Likely-to-Advise-Weight-Loss overweight doctors, overweight patients, fat doctors, fat patients, sara bleich, obese jphysician, obesity care, obesity screening 2012-02-19T00:00:01+20:00 The Food and Drug Administration's new "sunshine" rule due to take effect soon requires drug and medical device companies to publicly disclose payments they make to physicians who help them develop, assess and promote new products. IU health policy expert Aaron Carroll, MD, discusses the payments and the reasoning behind the new federal standards. Dr. Aaron Carroll directs the Center for Healt.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3141/New-Disclosure-Law-for-Drug-Firms http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3141/New-Disclosure-Law-for-Drug-Firms drug company disclosures, payments to physicians, disclosures for payments to doctors, sunshine rule, FDA regulation, aaron carroll 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 I'm Jeremy Shere. The kinds of common household chemicals found in things like non-stick cookware, food packaging, and fabrics make our lives easier. But did you know that these same chemicals may also make vaccines less effective? According to a recent study, the more children are exposed to perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, the lower their chances of having a good immune response to vacci.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3142/Common-Chemicals-May-Weaken-Vaccine-Efficacy http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3142/Common-Chemicals-May-Weaken-Vaccine-Efficacy PFCs, perfluorinated compounds vaccines, weakened immunity, PFCs lower immunity, immune problems, weakened vaccines, environental toxins 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 An aspirin-a-day helps prevent heart attack and stroke, right? Maybe not. According to a new study of aspirin-use, for some patients the regimen may do more harm than good. Sound Medicine contributor Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, explains who is likely to benefit -- and who probably won't benefit -- from a daily dose of aspirin. Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber is executive director of IU's Na.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3143/Doc-Chat--Daily-Aspirin-Not-for-Everyone http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3143/Doc-Chat--Daily-Aspirin-Not-for-Everyone daily aspirin, aspirin a day, aspirin for stroke prevention, theresa rohr-kirchgraber, aspirin causes gastric bleeding 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 Every year about 100,000 older adults in the United States end up in the emergency room as a result of an accidental drug overdose. Surprising new research reveals that aspirin is one of the four medications leading to emergency hospitalizations. Sound Medicine's David Crabb, MD, speaks with the study's author Dan Budnitz, MD, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Budnitz .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3154/Aspirin-Endangers-Elderly-Patients http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3154/Aspirin-Endangers-Elderly-Patients elderly overdose, aspirin overdose, aspirin leads to emergency room visits, harmful medications for the elderly, dan budnitz, cdc, medication safety,blood thinners, emergency room 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 One of the worst things about having cancer, aside from the disease itself, is undergoing treatment for it. Chemotherapeutics are powerful drugs, but unfortunately they tend to kill not only tumors but also healthy surrounding tissue. Which is why chemo is so rough on the body. But what if doctors could deliver small, concentrated doses of chemo drugs directly and only to cancer cells? That's b.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3144/Nanotechnology-Targets-Tumors http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3144/Nanotechnology-Targets-Tumors nanotechnology for chemotherapy delivery, nanoparticles, ligand delivery, Omid Farokhzad, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 The Grammy Awards are on TV this weekend, and British singer Adele is up for six nominations. Certainly, her fans are eager to know if she's recovered from the vocal hemorrhages that forced her to cancel a tour last year. To find out what caused Adele's problem, and how it's typically treated, Sound Medicine's Steve Bogdewic, PhD, speaks with head and neck specialist Taha Shipchandler, MD. Dr..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3145/Singer-Adele-s-Vocal-Cord-Bleeding http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3145/Singer-Adele-s-Vocal-Cord-Bleeding adele's throat hemorrhages, throat polyps 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 If your chances for winning a Grammy or Nobel Prize are in your rear-view mirror, consider this bit of encouragement from Barbara Strauch, author of The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. Barbara Strauch also is deputy science editor for The New York Times..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3146/Inspiration-for-Middle-Aged-Minds http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3146/Inspiration-for-Middle-Aged-Minds middle aged brain, aging brain, healthy aging brain, barbara strauch, neuroscience, brain health 2012-02-12T00:00:01+20:00 Recently, two teams studying the H5N1 influenza virus discovered how to produce a version of the highly pathogenic avian flu, which is easily transmissible in mammals. The researchers have agreed to suspend their research for 60 days to allow discussion of how the findings should be reported. IU bioethicist Eric Meslin, PhD, discusses the moratorium and how it may affect the research. Dr.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3134/Avian-Flu-Research-Suspended http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3134/Avian-Flu-Research-Suspended h5n1, bird flu, flu research moratorium, bioethics 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 I'm Jeremy Shere. Eating fried foods is generally considered a bad idea if you're concerned about heart health. But did you know that that may depend on the type of oil used for frying? According to a recent study by researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid, foods fried in olive oil appear to have no ill effects on the heart. Over the course of an 11-year study they followed more t.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3135/Heart-Health---Olive-Oil http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3135/Heart-Health---Olive-Oil olive oil, benefits of olive oil, cooking oil, fried food 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 To discover a patient's chance for developing breast cancer, one criterion physicians look for is a family history of breast cancer. In this week's doc chat, IU breast cancer specialist Kathy Miller, MD, explains new research from Stanford that -- contradicting an earlier study -- suggests family history might not be so useful in assessing a woman's risk of developing cancer, after all. The ne.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3136/Doc-Chat--Predictors-for-Breast-Cancer-Updated http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3136/Doc-Chat--Predictors-for-Breast-Cancer-Updated breast cancer risk, predictors for cancer, preventive mastectomy, BRCA, family history of cancer, kathy miller 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 A new strategy for treating liver cancer involves radiation, microscopic beads and an isotope known as Y-90. To learn how Y-90 microsphere radioembolization attacks liver tumors, Sound Medicine's Steve Bogdewic, PhD, meets with Indiana University liver cancer specialists Mary Maluccio, MD, and Matthew Johnson, MD. Drs. Maluccio and Johnson are on faculty at the IU School of Medicine and are re.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3137/New-Liver-Cancer-Treatment--Y-90 http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3137/New-Liver-Cancer-Treatment--Y-90 liver cancer, y-90, mary maluccio, matthew johnson, Y-90 microsphere radioembolization 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 If you have an infant, or spend time around newborns, you know that they're not always the life of the party. Most of the time, very young babies are just sort of there, cute little lumps crying and making weird sounds. But just because it might not seem like there's much going on with infants doesn't mean there's nobody home. Because, according to cognitive scientist Kristy vanMarle, there's a.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3138/Babies-Understand-Physics http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3138/Babies-Understand-Physics infant learning, baby neurology, Kristy vanMarle, babies and physics, infant comprehension, infant brain development 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 The latest dieting craze is the Dukan Diet, named for French doctor Pierre Dukan. Kate Middleton reportedly used it to drop a few dress sizes before her wedding to Prince William. Barbara Lewis asks Sound Medicine's new regular contributor, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, her opinion of this high-protein diet. Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber is on faculty at the IU School of Medicine, and she serves as.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3139/Doc-Chat--the-Dukan-Diet http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3139/Doc-Chat--the-Dukan-Diet dukan diet, Rohr-Kirchgraber, nutrition, high protein diet 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 And finally today, osteoporosis is the most common health problem women face today. In fact, one in five women will die within a year of breaking a hip. The good news: There are things women can do to bolster their bones. Host Barbara Lewis interviews bone health expert Diane Schneider, MD, who discusses her new book The Complete Book of Bone Health. Dr. Schneider started a non-profit orga.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3140/Book--The-Complete-Book-of-Bone-Health http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3140/Book--The-Complete-Book-of-Bone-Health boner health, osteoporosis, diane schneider, 4bonehealth, women's health 2012-02-05T00:00:01+20:00 For the past 20 years, an unusual clinic in Baltimore has been providing comprehensive care to uninsured patients -- without government funding. The Shepherd's Clinic relies on medical professionals to volunteer their services and depends on patients to pay a voluntary fee of an hour's wage. Sound Medicine reporter Scott Goldberg meets with Shepherd's Clinic founder Jack VandenHengel and i.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3126/A-Model-for-Treating-the-Uninsured http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3126/A-Model-for-Treating-the-Uninsured uninsured, health insurance, shepherd's clinic, low-income patients, under-insured, free clinics, volunteer medical services, pay what you can 2012-01-29T00:00:01+20:00