Finding Pain Management Strategies That Don’t Involve Opioids
Life Care Coaches are being integrated into hospitals to help patients safely use prescription opioids and even offer pain management strategies that don’t involve drugs.
Medical Notes: February 19, 2023
Nature is healing. Millions lost their sense of smell after a Covid-19 infection and scientists may have figured out why. Your antidepressant may be contributing to antibiotic resistance. Plus, black coffee drinkers may want to start asking for cream.
How Doctors Can Transplant Organs Without a Donor Match
This week, we discuss how creative thinking and plasma exchange technology helped save one patient's life.
Ways You Can Increase Productivity Using Your Dreams
Deirdre Barrett, a psychologist, explains how you can increase your productivity as you slumber.
Medical Notes: February 12, 2023
Our brains have been keeping a secret. A new strategy for treating tuberculosis. Science is calling upon elite free divers to help beat lung disease. Plus, can your cognitive performance predict illness?
Genetic Genealogy: Identifying Both the Guilty and Innocent
Experts explain how this technology is helping police track down the guilty – and why your genetic privacy is still safe.
Correcting the Misinformation Surrounding Parents With Disabilities
Hull’s new book ‘We’ve Got This’ compiles stories from disabled parents around the world to prove that having a disability doesn’t equate to being a bad parent.
Medical Notes: February 5, 2023
Scientists have discovered a new use for vaccines. Is it possible for doctors to care too much? And some good news for people with a sesame allergy.
Does Your Child Know How To Learn?
This week’s show features education experts who say students need to be taught how to learn before they can be successful in the classroom.
How You Can Make Anxiety Your Best Friend
Natalie Kohlhaas explains the biological function of anxiety and how we can learn to love the feeling.
Medical Notes: January 29, 2023
Will the next generations have affordable healthcare? Then, do our eyes work better in the dark? And finally, your ‘natural’ skin products may be agitating your allergies.
…More And More Mothers Are Dying Each Year – Why Can’t We Stop It?
Dr. Lindsay Admon joins us this week to explain the factors feeding into this crisis and offers potential solutions that could save more women. Nicky Dawkins, a professional doula, also chimes in with the benefits of bringing in extra advocates.
Saving Our Heroes: Helping First Responders Heal Their PTSD
Dr. Marilyn Wooley helps first responders work through their trauma – proving that a PTSD diagnosis is not the end of their careers.
Medical Notes: January 22, 2023
Teenagers need sleep – but at what cost? Then, there may be a new breakthrough in Alzheimer's drug research. Then, Can a healthy gut microbiome help patients with multiple sclerosis? And finally…can something smell too good?
Dropping the Paywalls to Scientific Research
Experts explain how this will affect the public, researchers, and the publishing industry.
Is Covid-19 the New Flu?
An expert discusses why we can’t become too lax with our treatment of this virus.
Medical Notes: January 15, 2023
Are masks affecting how our brains function? Getting a tattoo may be good for your health. Can our genes predict the future? Plus…it's time to take your Sunday morning crossword seriously.
Drunkorexia: A Popular Practice That Leads to Malnourishment
Experts reveal why engaging in this practice can lead to weight gain and other health risks.
‘The Most Powerful Drugs Known to Man’: A Guide to Anesthesia
Dr. James Cottrell believes everyone should be knowledgeable about these dangerous drugs in order to ask questions and make sure you’re getting the best anesthesia – and anesthesiologist -- for your needs.
Medical Notes: January 8, 2023
We may soon be able to move things with our minds. Then, teenagers need sleep – but at what cost? And finally, Have we found the perfect solution to foggy glasses?
Aging With Your Home: Renovations To Make Your Space More Accessible
As we age, certain aspects of our home, like stairs and loose rugs, can become major obstacles. And while renovations can seem intimidating and expensive, there are many simple changes that can make a huge difference.
How Air Travel Becomes a Nightmare for People With Disabilities
Josue Cordova explains the struggles of traveling with a disability and how to fix these issues.
Medical Notes: January 1, 2023
What’s causing the surge in RSV cases? Then, green tea is great for energy, just not for your liver. And finally…can we trust large companies with the health of our planet?
Trying To Fix the Biased Lab Testing That’s Cost Countless Lives
The main test for kidney disease has historically had different threshold requirements based on race, which has led to lower diagnosing rates and higher death rates from the condition in people of color
