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Checkup: The cinnamon challenge
Original Air Date: 02/10/2013 | Hosted by: Jeremy Shere, PhD
Videos of people attempting the cinnamon challenge can be seen all over youtube. But could the cinnamon challenge be dangerous? Jeremy Shere, Ph.D., and Robert Collins, M.D. weigh in.
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- Watch Mythbusters tackle the cinnamon challenge here
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Why are baby boomers being urged to be tested for hepatitis C?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, Director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health. On medical staff at Riley and Wishard hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new recommendations that every member of the baby boomer generation (born from 1945 through 1965) receive a one-time blood test to screen for hepatitis C. More than 2 million baby boomers are known to be infected, accounting for 75 percent of all Americans living with the virus, which may be present for many decades before symptoms appear. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., who regularly sees patients at Wishard Hospital and serves as director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, discusses the recommendations, what tests are used to determine its presence and what steps carriers can take to avoid fatal liver damage.
Additional Resources:
Read about the CDC's new recommendations here.
How does a patient's motivation towards their health care facilitate health outcomes?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr Kirchgraber, M.D., Director the IU National Center for Excellence in Women's Health, regularly sees patients at Wishard and Riley hospitals
In a New York Times column, Pauline Chen, M.D., examines how patient engagement with their health care affects their health. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., resident women’s health expert for "Sound Medicine," discusses the increased incidence of patients uninterested in engaging in their health care and issues related to patients' non-compliance with medication regimens. Rohr-Kirchgraber regularly sees patients at Wishard Hospital and is the director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health.
Additional Resources:
Access the NY Times column that inspired this segment here.
How does mobility affect the diagnosis of breast cancer?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr Kirchgraber, M.D., Director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and regularly sees patients at Wishard and Riley Hospitals
A recent study found that women with mobility issues have problems getting mammograms to diagnose cancer and getting early treatment for breast cancer. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., regularly sees patients at Wishard Hospital and is the director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health. She discusses the impact of this finding on patients and what physicians can do for breast cancer patients with limited mobility.
Additional Resources:
Learn more about how limited mobility presents risks for women with breast cancer at the National Insitutes of Health.
Can autism be attributed to metabolic disorders during pregnancy?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, Director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
In April 2012, a study published in the journal Pediatrics suggested a connection between obese mothers and autistic or developmentally delayed children. Leading child development experts have agreed that these findings are interesting but that it is premature to suggest a solid link between obesity and autism. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, shares her views on the validity of these findings and their implications for women and pregnancy.
Additional Resources:
The study referenced in this segment can be accessed in full here.
A review of the study and publication above from Journal Watch Pediatrics, that can be found here.
Do Fish Oil Supplements Boost Heart Health?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Steve Bogdewic, PhD | Interview: Sara Blackburn D.Sc., RD, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Indiana University School
Fish oil supplements have previously been linked to improved heart health. Sara Blackburn, D.Sc., RD, at the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, visits "Sound Medicine" this week to discuss the conflicting reports on the impact of fish oil and its potential to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Additional Resources:
Read more about the use of fish oil in diabetics at US News.
What is the impact of teens' first sexual partners later in life?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., Executive Director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
A recent study in the Journal of Women’s Health linked the age of teenage girls’ first sexual partners to the sexual risks that they will take as adults. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M.D., executive director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, discusses the patterns of risky behaviors and the health consequences of an adolescent girl’s first sexual experience with an older partner.
Additional Resources:
Access a PDF of the study mentioned in this segment here.
Can Corporate Wellness Programs Improve Employee Health?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Eric Metcalf | Interview: Tasha Hamilton and Vincent Stallsworth, Wellpoint health insurance employees
In the interest of improving employee health, some corporations initiate wellness programs that include competitions and interactive online games. Tasha Hamilton and Vincent Stallsworth, Wellpoint health insurance employees and wellness program participants, discuss the programs that more health insurance companies are offering and how their lives and health have been positively influenced.
Additional Resources:
Learn more about how health insurance companies are developing wellness programs for employees and members here.
Spray on Skin
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: David Crabb, MD | Interview: Rajiv Sood, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine professor of Surgery and burn specialist and Director of the Richard M.
Spray-on skin: Is it science fiction or advanced technology? While spray-on skin sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, this advanced technology has existed for several years, although it is not yet widely used. Listen to Rajiv Sood, M.D., an Indiana University School of Medicine professor of Surgery and burn specialist and director of the Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Wishard Health Services, talk about how spray-on skin can change the lives of burn victims. The technology involves a squirt gun like device that disperses a solution containing the burn victim’s healthy skin cells onto the area affected by the burn. Following the application of this solution the stem cells replicate and grow to replace the mutilated and burned skin. Positive effects appear almost instantly and this therapy is capable restoring burned skin in only a few days, depending on the severity of the burn.
Additional Resources:
The Daily Mail in the UK chronicled the amazing recovery of a two year old burn patient with the assistance of this innovative technology
Do unnecessary medical tests violate the “Do No Harm” oath?
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: David Crabb, chair and professor of medicine at IU School of Medicine
Large physician groups have recently collaborated on a common cause: reducing the amount of unnecessary and expensive medical tests performed. These powerful and knowledgeable groups have released a set of recommendations that identify overused medical tests. "Sound Medicine" host David Crabb, M.D., discusses his support for these recommendations and his belief that ordering an array of tests is contrary to the physician’s “Do No Harm” oath if the tests add no value to the treatment or care plan.
Teens Underestimate Alcohol Amounts
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, internist director, IU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
A study out of the University of Sussex in England found that the vast majority of high school and college students don’t understand what’s considered a “safe” amount of liquor to consume. Unsurprisingly, many of the young people surveyed vastly overestimated the amount that’s considered “one drink.”
Adolescent health expert and Sound Medicine contributor Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, believes that if the survey were conducted in the US, it would result in similar findings.
Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber specializes in women’s and adolescent health. She directs IU’s National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health.
Doc Chat: Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Kathy Miller, MD Breast Cancer Specialist, IU Simon Cancer Center
Recently, several studies have reported that women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol have an increased risk of breast cancer.
One study, in the online journal Cancer, advised that teens with a family history of breast cancer not drink alcohol.
Sound Medicine’s breast cancer expert, Kathy Miller, MD, weighs in on those findings.
Additional Resources:
- Find details about the study published by JAMA that finds moderate drinking can increase breast cancer risk.
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Read about the recommendations for adolescent girls in published in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society
Doc Chat: Teaching Patients to Eat Healthy
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, Barbara Lewis | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD internist and adolescent medicine specialist, Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis executive director, IU
IU School of Medicine internist and adolescent medicine specialist Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber shares tips she uses for educating patients to be more mindful about what they and their families eat. See the web resources she recommends, below.
Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber practices at Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis. She also is executive director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health.
She also is a regular Sound Medicine contributor.
Essential Tremor, A Common Condition
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: David Crabb, MD | Interview: Jay Bhatt, MD assistant professor of clinical neurology, IU School of Medicine Neurologist, IU Health Physicians
Hand and other tremors occur in about 5 percent of the population, usually among the elderly.
Sound Medicine's Dr. David Crabb asks IU neurologist Jay Bhatt to explain a condition called essential tremor. With essential tremor, the shaking may start in the hand and spread to the neck or voice. Although essential tremor can be debilitating, medications and other treatments can successfully quell it.
Dr. Bhatt is on the neurology faculty at the IU School of Medicine and has a practice with IU Health Physicians.
Additional Resources:
Learn more about essential tremor from the International Essential Tremor Foundation.
Benefits of Routine Checkups
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD | Interview: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine and pediatrics, IU School of Medicine family physician, W
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than half of all medical care in the U.S. is done by specialists, surgeons and ER doctors. In other words, many Americans wait until there’s an emergency to see a doctor instead of getting regular checkups.
That makes no sense to Sound Medicine contributor and family physician Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber. She explains how preventive care visits benefit patients.
Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber also on faculty at the IU School of Medicine. She also is executive director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health.
Singer Adele's Vocal Cord Bleeding
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Steve Bogdewic, PhD | Interview: Taha Shipchandler, MD Asst. prof. of clinical otolaryngology IU School of Medicine Head and neck specialist, IU Health Physician
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. Shipchandler is assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and he is an IU Health Physician.
Additional Resources:
Still more on Adele's throat problem, from the Los Angeles Times.
Botox for Treating Migraines
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: David Crabb, MD | Interview: Dr. Jay Bhatt, MD, IU Health Physicians Neurology, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, IU School of Medicine
So much attention has been focused on the cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin, usually known by its trade name, Botox, that it’s easy to forget about the drug’s serious medical uses.
For example, the FDA recently approved Botox for preventing chronic migraines.
Sound Medicine’s David Crabb, MD, sat down with Indiana University neurologist Jay Bhatt, MD, to learn how it works.
Dr. Bhatt is assistant professor of clinical neurology at the IU School of Medicine and practices with IU Health Physicians.
Additional Resources:
- The NYT reports on the FDA's approval of Botox for migraines and other conditions.
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Read about Dr. Bhatt's research interests and his clinical practice.
Robotic Surgery for Kidney Cancer
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Dr. Ronald Boris, MD, IU Health Physicians Urology, Assistant Professor of Urology, IU School of Medicine
Robots are nothing new to the operating room, but they’re relatively new in at least one area.
A recent study by Barbara Lewis's next guest finds that a new, minimally invasive robotic surgery is particularly effective for removing certain types of cancerous kidney tumors.
IU School of Medicine urologist and researcher Ronald Boris discusses the "robotic partial nephrectomy," which preserves healthy tissue and results in shorter recovery times for patients.
Ronald Boris, MD, is an IU Health Physician. He is also assistant professor of in the Department of Urology at the IU School of Medicine.
Additional Resources:
Read more about the multi-institutional research on the robotic partical nephrectomy.
New Techniques in Facial Reconstruction
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Kathy Miller, MD | Interview: Dr. Taha Shipchandler, MD, IU Health Physicians Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Facial paralysis is a common side-effect from a number of conditions such as stroke or tumors. Even some infections can cause paralysis of facial muscles.
It’s a real challenge for plastic surgeons to manipulate the muscles and bones to correct the paralysis…or at least, to minimize it.
Sound Medicine’s Dr. Kathy Miller talks with plastic surgeon Taha Shipchandler about new techniques that can make facial paralysis nearly undetectable.
Dr. Shipchandler practices with IU Health Physicians in Indianapolis. He is an assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Additional Resources:
- Dr. Shipchandler's professional bio.
- Fascinating case study illustrating facial reconstruction sugery by Dr. Shipchandler.
Brain Surgery 101
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Kathy Miller, MD | Interview: Stephanie Wagner, MD Co-Medical Director, IU Simon Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology program, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicin
One of the challenges of diagnosing brain cancer, a brain tumor, is that its symptoms mimic other diseases.
IU Health physician Stephanie Wagner, MD, is one of only two neuro-oncologists in Indiana. This week Sound Medicine’s Kathy Miller, MD, talks with Dr. Wagner about brain tumors and brain surgery.
Dr. Wagner is co-medical director of the IU Simon Cancer Center's neuro-oncology program, and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the IU School of Medicine.
Additional Resources:
- More about neuro-oncologist Stephanie Wagner.
- The new IU Health Neuroscience Center will open in the summer of 2012.
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Brain tumor facts from the American Brain Tumor Association.
Prostate Screening Controversy
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: David Crabb, MD | Interview: Mike Koch, MD John P. Donohue Professor of Urology; Chairman, Department of Urology IU School of Medicine; and IU Health Physici
Recently a U.S. government health panel recommended healthy men not receive a common prostate cancer screening test, the prostate-specific antigen or PSA test. The panel concluded that the PSA test doesn’t save lives and can lead to treatments with serious side effects such as impotence and incontinence.
Indiana University professor of urology Mike Koch strongly disagrees with the recommendation. In a chat with Sound Medicine’s David Crabb, MD, Dr. Koch will explain his objections to the panel’s conclusion and make his own recommendations for men. Dr. Mike Koch chairs the Department of Urology at the IU School of Medicine.
Additional Resources:
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Find out about IU Health Physicians Urologist Dr. Mike Koch.
Promising New Melanoma Drugs
Original Air Date: 10/12/2012 | Hosted by: Barbara Lewis | Interview: Eric Whitney, reporter Colorado Public Radio, Peter Duong, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology Director, IU School of Med
We begin this week with a bit of encouraging news for people dealing with the skin cancer melanoma.
In the past few months, the FDA has approved two new drugs for the treatment of metastatic melanoma -- the kind that spreads beyond the original site on the skin.
They are the first medications that have been shown to reduce tumors in patients with that particularly tough form of cancer.
Barbara Lewis speaks with Indiana University melanoma expert Doug Schwartzentruber, MD, who’s been working himself on a preventive vaccine for melanoma.
Dr. Schwartzentruber, an IU Health physician, is associate director of clinical operations at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.
Additional Resources:
- FDA news release on newly approved melanoma drugs.
- More information about the therapeutic melanoma vaccine Dr. Schwartzentruber is working on.