Facial transplant progress
Daniel Alam, M.D., a facial plastic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, performed the first U.S. near-total facial transplant in 2008. Since then, new and promising data has emerged that supports the value and effectiveness of facial transplants. Dr. Alam joins host Barbara Lewis to discuss how things have changed over the past few years, and the promising advances on near-total facial transplants..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Stroke decline
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But did you know that stroke deaths have declined sharply during the past several years?.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Health care "super users"
In 2013, Wishard Hospital Emergency Medical Services Department made 96,000 runs in response to 911 calls. Each year thousands of uninsured people call 9-1-1 and visit emergency rooms as their primary source of health care. To reduce overuse of their service, the department developed CORE: Community Outreach and Resource Efficiency. One aspect of the program places social workers with emergency.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Paying homage to the father of epidemiology
: The Journal of American Medicine and Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., paid tribute to the father of epidemiology, John Snow, on what would have been his 200th birthday. Dr. Snow was an innovative physician who was suspicious about how cholera was spread throughout England in the 1800s. Using maps and tracking outbreaks of the disease, Dr. Snow located the wa.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Behind the scenes of psychotherapy
Drew E. Permut, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author of "Inside Your Therapist's Mind: How a Psychotherapist Thinks, and How it Works," joins "Sound Medicine" for a conversation about his book and what psychotherapists are thinking during therapy sessions..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Bed sharing
More and more American parents are sleeping with their newborns in the same bed. But many pediatricians fear that bed sharing may lead to tragic outcomes. Jeremy Shere has more..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Periodontal disease and diabetes
According to a study conducted at New York University, a large number of people with periodontal disease are at risk for diabetes. The authors of the study suggest that dentists should offer diabetes screenings. Paul Edwards, DDS, M.S., a professor of dentistry at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, joins host Jill Ditmire for a conversation about the correlation between periodontal disea.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Surgery through the nose
Aaron Cohen-Gadol, M.D, visits "Sound Medicine" to discuss performing surgery through the nose. Surgeons across the country are now exploring doing surgeries through existing bodily openings to reduce risk, recovery time and scarring. Dr. Cohen-Gadol discusses accessing the brain through the nose, what type of procedures he is able to perform through natural openings, and the future of this type o.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Exercise and holiday weight gain
Regular exercise is a great way to stay in shape and keep your weight in check. But did you know that exercise probably isn't enough to combat weight gain during the holiday season?.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
New cholesterol medication guidelines
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recently released new guidelines that could lead to many healthy Americans taking cholesterol-lowering statin medications. Statins not only lower LDL, or "bad," cholesterol, they also prevent the incidence of heart attacks and stroke. Eric Topol, M.D., discusses the new guidelines and the potential pitfalls of over-prescribing s.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - December 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
What happened during the 'Five Days at Memorial?': Part 3
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Source: Sound Medicine - December 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
What happened during the 'Five Days at Memorial?': Part 2
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Source: Sound Medicine - December 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
What happened during the 'Five Days at Memorial?': Part 1
"Sound Medicine" examines the circumstances of the 45 deaths that occurred during the five days that Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans was without power and outside contact, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Sheri Fink, M.D., Ph.D., is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Five Days at Memorial," in which she describes what took place at Memorial Medical Center following the.... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - November 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Second opinions
Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D., published an article in American Medical News about the benefits of seeking second opinions. As a professor of surgery and chief of endocrine surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Angelos encourages surgeons to join him in respecting the patient's need to seek a second opinion..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - November 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Couples weight loss
What happens when couples decide to lose weight and only one drops a few pounds? Eric Metcalf has more..... (Source: Sound Medicine)
Source: Sound Medicine - November 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
