Neurologist Joel Salinas experiences a rare form of synesthesia that causes him to feel the emotional and physical experiences of others. He joins us to talk about using this sixth sense to help patients.
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Mindful Medicine
Dr. Ronald Epstein joins us to talk about restoring a personal touch to healthcare, which he writes about in “Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity.”
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The ADHD Epidemic
This hour, we’ll talk about why ADHD diagnoses are on the rise – and if there’s cause for concern – with Alan Schwarz, author of “ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic.”
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A Primer On Over-The-Counter Meds
The cure for most of our everyday maladies can be found at the drugstore. The trick is deciding which medicine is right for you.
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The Gender Gap In Cardiology
This hour, we’ll talk about why there are so few female heart doctors, how that effects patient care and what can be done to even out the numbers with Dr. Cara East of Baylor University Medical Center and Dr. Nina Asrani of Texas Health Fort Worth.
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The Cost Of Crowd-Sourcing A Cure
This hour, we’ll talk about how “compassionate use” protocols work – and about why they may actually make it more difficult for future patients to receive experimental drugs.
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Closing The Health Gap
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can make our healthcare system more equitable with the author of “Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.”
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Where Race And Medicine Intersect
This hour, we’ll talk with Damon Tweedy about his memoir “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
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Mitigating The Migraine
We’ll talk about new insights into these often debilitating episodes with Greg Dussor, a leading migraine researcher from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Healthcare Hang-ups
We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
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The Emerging Technology of Telemedicine
This hour, we’ll talk about telemedicine’s history and future.
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Reconsidering ADHD Treatment
We’ll talk about emphasizes therapy over medication for treating ADHD with family therapist Marilyn Wedge, author of A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic.
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