This Week on Sound Medicine...June3

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 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 for this week’s program are Stephen Bogdewic, PhD, and Kathy Miller, MD.

This week, Sound Medicine will look at the risks and benefits of implementing an additional phase to the Food and Drug Administration approval process for new medications. David Flockhart, MD, PhD, an IUSM pharmacogenetics researcher, and Eric Meslin, PhD, director of the IU Center for Bioethics, will discuss the concept of monitoring new drugs after they have been released on the market.

As many as 21 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, a chronic disease that includes widespread aches and pains, stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, general fatigue and sleep disturbance. Lynne Matallana, co-founder and president of the National Fibromyalgia Association, will discuss symptoms and warning signs as well as the on-going research being done on the mysterious disease.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered that switching repeatedly from one task to another disrupts the brain’s ability to process information and slows the thought process, in turn making people more prone to make mistakes. Rene Marois, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, is the co-author of the study, and he explains why people should avoid multitasking because of the dangers it can potentially cause.

According to a large study of British women, scientists have found that women who eat a lot of meat, specifically red or processed meats, may be more likely to develop breast cancer. Kathy Miller, MD, an IU breast oncologist, discusses the results and why she tells her patients not to make red meat a staple in their diet.

The non-profit Indiana Mothers’ Milk Bank is one of only ten milk banks in North American, and its only deposits are human breast milk. Sound Medicine reporter Sandy Roob recently learned about the bank and the benefits it provides to both the babies who receive the milk and the moms who donate.

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

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