This Week on Sound Medicine...Dec 3

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 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-hosts of this week’s program are Ora Pescovitz, MD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

This week, Eric Meslin, PhD, director of the IU Center for Bioethics, will discuss the many political issues surrounding the health care industry.

Age-related macular degeneration is a common eye disease that causes deterioration of the macula, the central area of the retina. Thomas Ciulla, MD, a retina specialist with the Midwest Eye Institute, talks about Lucentis, a new drug treatment for AMD.

“The First Year – Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed” is a resource for those patients who want to be informed and actively involved in managing their condition. The author, Dan Roberts, is a visually-impaired educator and musician who founded MD Support, an international non-profit service organization for people diagnosed with macular degeneration. He will share his personal experiences with Sound Medicine listeners.

World Aids Day, established by the World Health Organization, is an international day of action on HIV and AIDS. Joe Mamlin, MD, professor emeritus of medicine at IUSM and co-founder of the partnership between IU and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya, continues a two-part discussion on his program and how it is affecting the community.

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

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