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Mindful Medicine

February 3, 2017 Health

Dr. Ronald Epstein joins us to talk about restoring a personal touch to healthcare, which he writes about in “Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity.”

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.”

A Primer On Over-The-Counter Meds

September 15, 2016 Health

The cure for most of our everyday maladies can be found at the drugstore. The trick is deciding which medicine is right for you.

The Gender Gap In Cardiology

June 23, 2016 Health

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.

The Cost Of Crowd-Sourcing A Cure

May 31, 2016 Health

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.

Closing The Health Gap

January 21, 2016 Race/Identity

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.”

Where Race And Medicine Intersect

September 22, 2015 Race/Identity

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.”

Mitigating The Migraine

September 17, 2015 Health

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.

Healthcare Hang-ups

August 11, 2015 Health, Politics

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.

The Emerging Technology of Telemedicine

July 15, 2015 Health

This hour, we’ll talk about telemedicine’s history and future.

Reconsidering ADHD Treatment

May 4, 2015 Health

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.

Raising Children With Invisible Disabilities

March 25, 2015 Health

This hour, we’ll talk with Linda M. Blum, author of “Raising Generation Rx: Mothering Kids With Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality” about the realities of caring for these children.