This Week on Sound Medicine...Oct 22

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-host of this week’s program is Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests include three Indianapolis-area medical professionals who will read part of their open letter sent to the Indianapolis Star regarding the Heparin dosing error at Methodist Hospital.

WBUR-Boston health reporter, Allan Coukell, shares a story about Linda Kenney, her physician and the medical mistake which nearly took her life. The experience inspired her to establish Medically Induced Trauma Support Service (MITSS), an organization linking those involved in providing and promoting healing.

Craig Berridge, PhD, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of psychology, will discuss a recent study finding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs primarily targeting the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain associated with attention, decision-making and an individual’s personality.

Adderall is a stimulant used as a treatment for ADHD and narcolepsy. An increasing number of high school and college students are misusing, selling and trading the prescription drug which can have serious side effects if not taken correctly. Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, IUSM professor of psychiatry, talks about the types of individuals who use the drug and have not been diagnosed with ADHD.

Ronald Dworkin, MD, PhD, an anesthesiologist and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, discusses his book, Artificial Happiness: The Dark Side of the New Happy Class. He contends “our culture’s aim for a permanent state of happiness may lead to a generation of individuals who won’t be prepared to handle genuine sadness.”

Irene Wegner, the AARP Indiana associate state director for community development, talks about the “Community Drug Collection,” an event aimed to gather unused prescription drugs and dispose them without causing environmental damage.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/

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