The program:
Host Barbara Lewis will report on Indiana being used as a test market for nicotine “delivery devices” made to taste like candy.
Producer Stan Jastrzebski will present a profile on a Clay City, Ind., doctor who makes house calls while using electronic medical records via wifi connections.
Edward Dubovi, Ph.D. director of virology for the Animal Health Diagnosis Center at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, will explain his work to develop a new vaccine against dog flu – a virus he helped isolate.
D.A. Henderson, M.D., MPH, former director of the World Health Organization’s global smallpox eradication campaign, will discuss his new book, Smallpox- the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer, which details how he led the effort.
In this week’s Sound Medicine “Checkup,” Jeremy Shere, Ph.D., will explore if a good joke can cure a bad mood.
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Sound Medicine is underwritten by Clarian Health, IU Medical Group and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Primary care segments are underwritten by Wishard Health Services.