Jaipreet Virdi, assistant history professor at the University of Delaware, joins us to talk about her research into medicine’s long legacy of promised hearing cures and why science has yet to achieve a universal solution.
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Teaching Doctors To See Patients As People
Dr. Saul J. Weiner, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and medical education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins us to talk about practicing medicine that goes beyond medical charts.
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The Trial And (Mostly) Error Of Medieval Science
Jack Hartnell, lecturer in art history at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, joins us to talk about the physical body in the medieval worldview and the fantastical tales created to justify medicinal practices.
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The Epidemics That Changed The World
Frank M. Snowden, the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History and History of Medicine at Yale University, joins us to talk about how infectious outbreaks — both terrifying and romanticized — have shaped our world.
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Caring Without Curing
Dr. Sunita Puri joins us to talk about palliative care – and about what she learned from her anesthesiologist mother about finding balance. Her new book is called “That Good Night: Life & Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.”
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Opioids In Rural America
Dr. Laura Fanucchi and epidemiologist April Young talk about why Appalachia is one of the epicenters of the opioid crisis – and what the medical community is doing about it.
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If You Go Off The Pill, Will You Still Love Your Husband?
Sarah E. Hill, research psychologist and professor, Department of Psychology, TCU joins us to talk about a woman’s body and the most current research (or lack of it) that doctors rely on.
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You: Meet ‘Digital’ You
Neuroscientist and psychologist Michael S. A. Graziano joins us to talk about current research into our deepest selves.
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Reuniting Mind and Body In Treating Trauma
James S. Gordon, M.D., founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., joins us to talk about his approach to integrative healing and support.
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New Frontiers In Medicine — And Medical Ethics
Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a professor of ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to work through gut-wrenching questions about the ethics of health care.
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Can We Trust Generic Drugs?
Katherine Eban joins us to talk about how companies frequently ignore safe manufacturing practices in order to maximize the profits of generic drugs.
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How Houston Became The Beating Heart Of Cardiac Care
Mimi Swartz joins us to talk about the challenges of creating an artificial heart – and why the only option for patients in need of one remains a transplant.
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