May 20, 2009

This Week On Sound Medicine

INDIANAPOLIS — This weekend, May 23 and 24, Sound Medicine host Barbara Lewis and her guests will discuss the debate over high fructose corn syrup, legal challenges of the H1N1 flu outbreak and a new book, Brain Rule.

Marion Nestle, M.P.H., Ph.D., professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health and sociology at New York University, will help sort out the current “food fight” involving high fructose corn syrup.

David Fidler, J.D., M.Phil., B.C.L., professor of law and director of the IU Center on American and Global Security at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, will explore the legal challenges brought on by the outbreak of the H1N1 flu.

Lawrence Mark, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the IU School of Medicine, will discuss the new curriculum to teach all medical students how to spot early signs of melanoma.

John Medina, M.D., developmental molecular biologist at University of Washington School of Medicine, will discuss his new book, Brain Rules, which dissects the inner workings of the brain, revealing the ways we can most effectively improve our lives at school, work and home.

In this week’s Sound Medicine “Checkup,” Jeremy Shere, Ph.D., will explore hand washing with several experts – elementary school-aged kids.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine as well as other helpful information can be found at http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu.

Sound Medicine is underwritten by Clarian Health, IU Medical Group and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

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