Help Yourself: hand washing
As part of the "Help Yourself" series, Sandy Roob investigates the role hand hygiene has in preventing the spread of illnesses in a medical setting..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Religious beliefs and brain thickness
In a country like the United States, religion is a matter of personal choice. But according to neuroscience research, spiritual belief may have something to do with how your brain is put together. Jeremy Shere has more..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Public health challenges facing the government
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an article by David Chokshi, M.D., M.Sc., about the public health challenges faced by the federal government. Dr. Chokshi discusses the rising costs of health care..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
PTSD and community violence
Post-traumatic stress disorder is known as a disease that affects soldiers returning from areas of conflict. However, people who have lost a loved one to homicide or who live in areas with a high rate of community violence may be suffering from a form of PTSD as well. Field producer Erika Beras takes us behind the scenes of community violence and exposes a new form of PTSD..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Obesity and hearing loss
You're probably well aware that obesity causes all sorts of health issues. But did you know that may include hearing loss?.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Should marijuana use be legalized?
In the past year Colorado and Washington have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., comments on the risks, benefits and long-term effects of marijuana usage. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., FACP, also to discusses the effects of marijuana on memory loss..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 18, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Effects of ostracism
Ostracism is the act of ignoring and/or excluding others, and Kip Williams, Ph.D., a professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University, has been studying the science of ostracism since the 1970s. Dr. Moore discusses the role of ostracism in bullying, how ostracism is studied, and the negative mental and physical health effects of ostracism..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Couchercize
During these dark, cold winter days we too often end up huddled on the couch instead of being active. But just because you've gone full couch potato doesn't mean you can't burn a few calories. Jeremy Shere has more..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
New FDA drug guidelines
Erin Fox, an adjunct associate professor of pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah, visits "Sound Medicine" to explore the new FDA regulations that will help prevent drug shortages..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Laser lawsuits
H. Ray Jalian, M.D., a clinical fellow of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, conducted a study that involved patients filing claims after being injured during laser surgery performed by non-doctors. Dr. Jalian's study found that 75 out of 175 legal cases related to laser hair or scar removal involved a non-physician..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
High chair danger
The high chair is the go-to apparatus for feeding hungry babies. But did you know that high chairs are also linked to lots of injuries?.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Ineffective birth control
A French study recently showed that a medication identical to Plan B, marketed as the morning-after pill, is less effective in women who are overweight. The study showed the medication begins to lose effectiveness in women over 165 pounds and is completely ineffective in women over 176 pounds..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Donating cord blood
A baby's birth provides an opportunity to harvest potentially life-saving stem cells from the umbilical cord blood. Cord blood that is not donated or saved for autologous use is thrown away as medical waste. One donor, Shia Levitt, explores cord blood donation, the lack of donations, and why more women, especially women of color, should donate their baby's cord blood..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Waking up to opioids and stopping the cycle of addiction
"Sound Medicine" begins the new year with the return of a special program exploring the medical community's growing awareness of opioid abuse and addiction and the devastating consequences of prescribing opioids for pain. In this special program, we hear from expert physicians and former prescription pain addicts to explore how our use of opioids to treat pain has led to opioid abuse and hundreds .... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - January 4, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Mobile medical clinics
Kyle Norris, a host/producer at Michigan Radio, reports on a traveling team of medical students and health professionals who meet homeless people on their own turf. Through a new mobile medical clinic that travels the streets in Detroit, they provide in-the-field, on-the-fly medical appointments..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 29, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
