Sound Body

Sound Body 05/18/12 Transfiguration 12-20

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The incredible journey of a face transplant. Other areas of interest included in the New Yorker article include burn care, organ transplantation, medical ethics, reconstructive surgery, and psychology.

Sound Body 05/11/12 AARP Health 12-19

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The April/May 2012 AARP Magazine includes a feature article on joint pain, advice from Dr. Mehmet Oz on vitamin use, guidelines for cancer screenings, and more health-related information.

Sound Body 05/04/12 Harvard HealthBeat 12-18

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

HEALTHbeat is a free weekly email newsletter from Harvard Medical School that shares health information and tips for healthy living from their experts.

Sound Body 04/27/12 Pain Pathways Spring 2012 12-17

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Pain Pathways magazine Spring 2012 issue for people who live with or care for people with chronic or acute pain. Information and inspirational articles on topics ranging from overcoming trauma, coping with lupus, and using biofeedback for treatment.

Sound Body 04/20/12 The Deadliest Virus 12-16

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

In the March 12, 2012 New Yorker Magazine article titled "The Deadliest Virus" author Michael Specter asks whether a scientist put millions of lives at risk by manipulating the H5N1 influenza virus.

Sound Body 04/13/12 Washington Post Medical Mysteries 12-15

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Sandra G. Boodman publishes a column on medical mysteries for The Washington Post. Three case studies are reviewed - lifelong abdominal pain, deteriorating eyesight, and persistent headache.

Sound Body 04/06/12 A Drug That Wakes the Near Dead 12-14

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

How we move between sleep and wakefulness, consciousness and unconsciousness, and what variety of consciousness may exist is not something well understood. An article in the December 1st 2011 New York Times Magazine describes a series of astonishing cases in which doctors successfully woke some patients from coma after years of unresponsiveness.

Sound Body 03/30/12 Patient-Centered Medicine 12-13

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

In patient-centered medicine everyone benefits when the goals of the individual patient are a priority rather than expecting everyone to want or need the same treatment. Dr. Bradford Berk knows a lot about patient-centered medicine - as a cardiologist, CEO of a large medical center, and as someone who has spent months recovering from a serious accident

Sound Body 03/23/12 Mind-Controlling Parasites Conclusion 12-12

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Conclusion to the article "How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy". The emerging science of mind-controlling parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii which can be transmitted from cats to humans. In a separate article - how habits can change our minds and behavior.

Sound Body 03/16/12 Mind-Controlling Parasites 12-11

podcasts@wxxi.org (WXXI Reachout Radio) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The emerging science of mind-controlling parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii which can be transmitted from cats to humans.