Contextual Care (2016)
Studies have found that many doctors don't really listen to their patients, and so miss how illness is affected by the other things in life.
Communication Sub-categories:
- Internet and Social Media (28)
- Journalism (8)
- Language (23)
- Media (34)
- Misinformation (14)
- Speech Pathology (8)
New Findings on Stuttering
New research on stuttering has several new findings including a much more successful way to treat it.
The Joy of Singing
Research shows that singing in a group has health benefits, as well as simply making people feel good. Experts and participants discuss this increasing singing trend in society, and how singing is being used to treat one serious disease.
TV Doctors: Truth or Fiction?
TV doctors wield tremendous influence with patients, sometimes even more than a person's own doctor. Yet studies show that the advice you hear on TV is often unsupported by medical research. Experts discuss how celebrity doctors miss the mark and why they're so popular.
Weight, Culture and Science
The cultural bias against obesity is often justified on health grounds. But recent studies show that people classified in the "overweight" BMI category actually have less mortality than normal weight people. Experts discuss how culture drives our obsession with weight and what science really has to say about it.
Radio Health Journal Honored Tonight at the Lisagor Award Ceremony
Our own Reed Pence and Sean Waldron have been nominated for a Peter Lisagor Award in Broadcast Radio: Best Feature Reporting. Presented by the Chicago Headline Club, the award honors the best work done by Chicago-area journalists in 2014. The nomination is for our story "Alzheimer's From Inside" in which journalist Greg O'Brien provides a detailed look at …
Doctor Patient Communication
Doctors too often use language that's indeceipherable to normal people. Efforts are underway at medical schools to teach doctors to speak in plain language. An expert at one such school and a participant in these classes discuss.
