This week, a new device that prevents stroke during heart surgery. Also, discover how newborns learn; how vigorous exercise improves grades for college students; and how an IU biology professor mentored high school students -- who won an award for their project on limb regeneration. Also, find out why kids with head lice should not be sent home from school.
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This week the theme is patient safety. First, medical simulations benefit medical students and their future patients; next, what the healthcare industry can learn from the airline industry; also, how medical professionals can coordinate to provide safer care. In the Checkup this week, get the scoop on those phantom cellphone vibrations.
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Topics include individualized education plans for autistic kids; a nutrition plan for a healthier heart; tips for longevity; and a physician-historian’s glimpse at a time when the stethoscope was cutting-edge technology. Also find out how scientists measure calories in food.
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Keeping young athletes hydrated during hot weather is the top story this week. Also, uninsured patients have higher death rates; budget cuts to county health departments; and helping third-world newborns breathe. And, Barbara Lewis talks to an optometrist about the safety of "anime eyes" contact lenses. In the Sound Medicine Checkup, stroking a rat’s whisker can prevent a stroke in the animal.
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