SciFri Radio: Health and Medicine

SciFri Radio: A Doctor Tells All in ‘Confessions Of A Surgeon’
In a new book, Surgeon Paul Ruggieri takes readers behind the operating room doors.

SciFri Radio: One Scholar’s Take On The Power of The Placebo
New research suggests placebos may have the power to heal in certain applications.

SciFri Radio: Combatting Depression With Meditation, Diet
Dr. Andrew Weil discusses antidepressant alternatives in his book Spontaneous Happiness.

SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origin Of ‘Stethoscope’
Unlike the stethoscope familiar to patients today, the original device was a simple tube.

SciFri Radio: Novelist, Doctor Chris Adrian On
Pediatric oncologist and novelist Chris Adrian talks about his new novel, The Great Night.

SciFri Radio: Can Literature Make A Better Doctor?
Proponents of the field of "narrative medicine" believe the humanities could help doctors be better caregivers.

SciFri Radio: Carl Zimmer Explores The Weird Lives Of Viruses
In A Planet of Viruses, Zimmer writes of viruses that cause cancer and others that cure disease.

SciFri Radio: Medicine, Murder And The History of Transfusion
A new book traces the early history of blood transfusions.

SciFri Radio: Camouflaging Red Blood Cells For Transfusion
Could matching blood types be a thing of the past?

SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origin Of 'Physician'
Science historian Howard Markel discusses the parallel origins of physician and physics.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Health and Medicine

Newsbrief: Feeling Feverish? Sit Still
Viruses evolve differently depending on how free their hosts are to move and mingle.

Newsbrief: Sunny Delight
A new study may explain why spring can't come enough and the genes behind your sun tan.

Newsbrief: Killing Disease with Bugs
One proposed method to fight malaria is to modify the genes of the mosquitoes that carry the disease.

Newsbrief: A Cure for Baldness?
New research shows that mice can grow new hair follicles as adults. The mice just need to be wounded to do it.

Newsbrief: SciFri File: Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
A company is mass-marketing a genetic test for breast and ovarian cancer. Would you get tested?

Newsbrief: Insect Attack
Some entomologists worry that insects are an overlooked avenue for terrorist attack.

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