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 2009 Indiana University School of Medicine medschl@iupui.edu (IU School of Medicine) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 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 We start today with a story about how the tobacco industry is working to expand its reach, and how state and federal regulators are pushing back. With more and more localities banning cigarette smoking, the tobacco industry is devising new ways to package and sell products that contain nicotine, without the smoke. Since January, the state of Indiana has served as a test market for some of th.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2249/Safety-of-Smokeless-Nicotine-Products http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2249/Safety-of-Smokeless-Nicotine-Products nicotine, nicotine delivery, test marketing nicotine, tobacco industry marketing to teens, consumer protection from nicotine 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 Did you know that kids having a stroke is more common than you may think? Strokes in kids are rare. A recent study found that for every 100,000 children in the U.S., only about two and a half have strokes. But that's up to four times more often than experts had assumed. Unlike adults strokes, which are often linked to high cholesterol and blood pressure, obesity, and smoking, kids strokes ar.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2251/Childhood-Strokes http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2251/Childhood-Strokes childhood stroke, pediatric stroke, do kids have strokes, aneurism in children, children strokes 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 One of the principles that's underlying a number of proposals to overhaul the health industry is to change the way doctors are paid, from the fee-for-service model to a system that would reward doctors whose patients receive high-quality care. Indiana University's Dr. Ron Ackerman's research focuses on the details of how that might work. Today Ackerman joins Barbara Lewis to discuss his work.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2250/Reforming-How-Physicians-Are-Paid http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2250/Reforming-How-Physicians-Are-Paid physician fee for service, physician pay, how doctors are paid, changing how doctors are paid, ron ackerman, reforming physician pay structure, medical home, health reform research 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 Just as we're beginning to get our heads around a swine flu epidemic, along comes another scourge: dog flu -- a contagious respiratory disease in dogs. There have been sizeable outbreaks across the United States in recent months, and the USDA just announced the first ever dog flu vaccine. Sound Medicine's Dr. Kathy Miller spoke with Edward Dubovi of Cornell University, where he helped discover .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2252/Dog-Flu http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2252/Dog-Flu dog flu, dog influenza, can i catch dog flu, virology, dog virus, flu from dogs, household pet illness 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 Say you're in a bad mood. Like, the kind of gloomy irritation that sets in when you've had a lousy day at work and then get stuck in traffic on the way home. Everyone knows that there's no better antidote for feeling rotten than laughing at a good joke. Like, say, the deadpan one-liners of comedian Steve Wright. "Bought some land, it was kinda cheap, it was on someone else's property. Guy wh.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2253/How-Jokes-Lift-a-Bad-Mood http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2253/How-Jokes-Lift-a-Bad-Mood jokes lighten bad moods, how jokes work, why jokes make you happy, jokes improve your mood, jokes for a bad mood 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 There's one human disease in history that's been wiped out on purpose: smallpox. In his new book, Smallpox — the Death of a Disease, Dr. D.A. Henderson tells the story of how he led the World Health Organization's eradication efforts. Today he chats about his adventures fighting smallpox with Sound Medicine's Dr. David Crabb. Dr. Henderson is also a professor of medicine and public health.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2254/Book--Smallpox--the-Death-of-a-Disease http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2254/Book--Smallpox--the-Death-of-a-Disease smallpox, eradicating smallpox, smallpox the death of a disease, D.A. Henderson, smallpox vaccine, small pox eradication, variola 2009-11-22T00:00:01+20:00 How we raise livestock is having an impact on our health. In this flu season, we're getting lots of advice to avoid crowded places, because of the possibility of disease spreading quickly from person to person. Crowded livestock operations can pose the same risk to pigs and chickens and other animals. So, to protect the animals in "confined animal feeding operations," also known as CAFOs,.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2241/Livestock---Antibiotic-Resistance-in-Humans http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2241/Livestock---Antibiotic-Resistance-in-Humans industrial meat production, antibiotics in meat, antibiotics in beef, antibiotic resistance, growth promotion antibiotics, confined animal feeding operations, routine use of antibiotics, farm animal production, antibiotic resistance, non-theraputic use of 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 Did you know that oregano is widely touted as an all purpose remedy? Widely touted, that is, by herbal medicine specialists. According to much anecdotal evidence, wild oregano and oregano oils are good for treating everything from earaches to allergies. And a recent study published in the Journal of Food Science confirmed that oregano oil is, indeed, a powerful anti-microbial. It seems to be.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2242/Oregano-Healing http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2242/Oregano-Healing oregano oil, healing with oregano, does oregano kill germs, oregano herbal remedy, oregano the anti-microbial, carvacrol 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 Let's take a break from human medicine and talk about bugs for a few minutes. We're talking fruit flies. More precisely, we're interested in what female fruit flies do after they're done mating. There's a serious reason we're talking about this: this pheromone research could lead to new ways of controlling insect populations, especially for insects like mosquitoes, which transmit malaria. .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2243/Fruit-Fly-Pheromones http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2243/Fruit-Fly-Pheromones insect control, entomology, pheremones, neurobiology, insect mating, malaria, insect-borne disease, anti-aphrodisiac 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 Malaria has plagued people for thousands of years. And we have no way of preventing it via vaccine. But that may soon change. Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe believes he's solved the mystery of where malaria originated -- a discovery that could lead to a cure. Sound Medicine's Dr. David Crabb talks with Nathan Wolfe about his research. Wolf is a microbiologist and visiting professor at Stanford U.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2247/Origins-of-Malaria http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2247/Origins-of-Malaria malaria, where does malaria come from, origins of malaria, virus research 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 Not to get too intimate or anything. But say you've just come home from a long, hard day at work, and you're ready for a long, hot, relaxing shower. So you turn on the water, disrobe, and get in. And it feels great. There's just one thing: the showerhead is spraying you with bacteria. In fact, researchers found that many showerheads are breeding grounds for a kind of an infection-causing bac.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2244/Showerhead-Germs http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2244/Showerhead-Germs germs in your showerhead, germs in the shower, microbes, Norman Pace, sanitary conditions, cleanliness 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 A study in a recent Journal of the American Medical Association warned psychiatrists that children and teens who take medications for conditions such as bipolar disorder and autism tend to put on a substantial, and worrisome, amount of weight. That weight gain can put young people at risk for chronic health problems as adults, including diabetes and metabolic syndrome. That study will no dou.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2245/Treating-Bipolar-Disorder http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2245/Treating-Bipolar-Disorder bipolar disorder, depression, depressed patients, treating depression, APA guidelines, american psychological association guidelines for bipolar disorder, trisha suppes, 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 Not long ago, Barbara Lewis spoke with Dr. Marie Savard, a contributor to ABC's Good Morning America, about another tool used by mental health professionals. It's called the Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory, a list -- created in the 1960s -- of high-stress life events. And let's just say that Dr. Marie isn't a big fan. Instead of working from this old list, Savard advises we each create our.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2246/Life-Stress-Inventory http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2246/Life-Stress-Inventory stress, holmes-rahe life stress inventory, dr savard on stress, stressful events, does stress cause illness, dr. marie on stress, women and stress, men and stress 2009-11-15T00:00:01+20:00 The health care reform process is heading into what may be the home stretch. As we record this program mid-week, the House and Senate are finalizing debate rules, and plan to spend the next week or so hashing over two different phone-book-sized bills. As one senator recently was quoted as saying that by the time President Obama has something to sign, there may be Christmas carolers serenading o.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2234/Health-Care-Reform--Comparing-House-and-Senate-Versions http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2234/Health-Care-Reform--Comparing-House-and-Senate-Versions health care reform, aaron carroll, hc reform, obama care, public option, max baucus, health care reform legislation 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 Did you know that chewing gum can help women recover from a Caesarian section? Jeremy Shere has more..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2235/Chewing-Gum-Aids-in-C-Section-Recovery http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2235/Chewing-Gum-Aids-in-C-Section-Recovery 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 It's been about 18 months since the vaccine Gardasil has been on the market. The drug is designed to protect millions of girls and women against cervical cancer by preventing the human papilloma virus (HPV). Today Barbara Lewis is joined by Dr. Marcia Shew, a specialist in adolescent medicine at Indiana University. She's been tracking the vaccine since its introduction. Shew discusses the usefu.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2239/Safety-of-Gardasil-Vaccine http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2239/Safety-of-Gardasil-Vaccine hpv, human papilloma virus, gardasil, marcia shew, cervical cancer vaccine, adverse events for gardasil, adolescent medicine 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 Most of the people we interview on Sound Medicine have either an MD or PhD after their names, but not our next guest. Brendan O'Neil is twelve and a student at Everest Academy in Clarkston, Michigan. He's already published his first research paper (with a little help from his dad, who's an emergency room physician). Brendan decided to study whether energy drinks are any better than regula.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2236/Energy-Drinks-Don-t-Work http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2236/Energy-Drinks-Don-t-Work energy drinks, do energy drinks work, are energy drinks effective, brendan o'neil, sports drinks, athletes, supplements for athletes 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 Does it matter whether you're the firstborn, a middle child, or somewhere lower on the birth order totem pole? Jeremy Shere investigates. When talking about birth order, you'll hear stereotypes and drama. Child number one is successful, maybe CEO of a fortune 500 company. The middle kid gets lost in the shuffle, never finding a path in life and ends up living in a mobile home in the desert. .... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2237/Birth-Order---Personality http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2237/Birth-Order---Personality birth order, birth order myth, dalton conley, oldest child, first born, baby of the family 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 Now, how satellites are being used to detect climate change, and by extension how public health experts are using them to predict future disease outbreaks. Sound Medicine's Dr. Kathy Miller speaks with Dr. Tim Ford of the University of New England. He explains how warmer temperatures could lead to increased rates of disease..... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2238/Satellite-Imaging-to-Predict-Disease http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2238/Satellite-Imaging-to-Predict-Disease global warming, satellites to predict disease, spread of disease, predicting disease, third world medicine, remote sensing, medical technology, developing nations, ecology of human population, environmental health research 2009-11-08T00:00:01+20:00 One of the most contentious parts of the debate over reforming the health care system is the current system called "fee for service," in which physicians and hospitals are paid for what they do, rather than for how well they care for patients. Medicare recently wrapped up a four-year study challenging that practice. Hospitals in the study were paid based on their "improved patient outcomes," re.... http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2226/Paying-Physicians-for-Successful-Outcomes http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/2226/Paying-Physicians-for-Successful-Outcomes medicare reform, pay for performance, evidence based medicine, health care reform, 2009-11-01T00:00:01+20:00