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- 204 - 81 words - the American Psychiatric Association's classification of homosexuality
81 Words: The story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness. This American Life, January 18, 2002. Transcript available. Prologue - Ira Glass Host Ira Glass explains that the show this week consists of one long story, the story of something very small that was part of something very large in the history of our country. (2 minutes) Act One - Alix Spiegel In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by changing the 81-word definition of sexual deviance in its own reference manual. It was a change that attracted a lot of attention at the time, but the story of what led up to that change is one that we hear today, from reporter Alix Spiegel. Part one of Alix's story details the activities of a closeted group of gay psychiatrists within the APA who met in secret and called themselves the GAYPA...and another, even more secret group of gay psychiatrists among the political echelons of the APA. Alix's own grandfather was among these psychiatrists, and the president-elect of the APA at the time of the change. (24 minutes) Act Two - Alix Spiegel Alix Spiegel's story continues, with a man dressed in a Nixon mask called Dr. Anonymous, and a pivotal encounter in a Hawaiian bar. (30 minutes)
- Blood Money: what you didn't know about your blood donation
High prices; waste among top issues, insider says. Katie LaGrone, WPTV, Nov 4, 2013
- Duke University's Ralph Snyderman Tells A Chancellor's Tale
Anita Rao & Frank Stasio, WUNC The State of Things, Nov 15, 2016 During his 15-year tenure as the chancellor for health affairs at Duke University he spurred the fields of integrative and personalized medicine and tried to integrate various aspects of Duke’s enterprise through activities like following a sheet from a patient’s room to the laundry facilities. Host Frank Stasio talks with Snyderman about his new book “A Chancellor’s Tale: Transforming Academic Medicine” (Duke University Press/2016)
- Embodied: Unlocking the mysteries of the pelvic floor
Host Anita Rao talks with guests Dr. Ijeoma Nwankpa, Allyson Byers, and her father Dr. Satish Rao about how weakness or dysfunction of the pelvic floor can lead to problems with urination, defecation, and/or sexual function
- Eugene Washington et al. - February 2, 2016 Academic Health Systems’ Third Curve
Academic Health Systems’ Third Curve: Population Health Improvement A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc; Molly J. Coye, MD, MPH, MA; L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH. JAMA February 2, 2016;315(5):459-460 "The potential of this new third curve for academic health systems is inspiring, and the leadership and tasks required are well within reach. As the nation recognizes the benefits of these expanded efforts, academic health systems will have added a new and compelling facet to the role of academia. Closer to home, by improving the health of the communities in which they provide care, academic health systems will also find the benefits of their efforts manifest in the enhanced health of the patients they serve." Free preview: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2484690&utm_source=silverchair+information+systems&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=master:jamalatestissuetocnotification02/02/2016#.VrIVLqHhaYM.twitter
- Fresh Air: How U.S. Health Care Became Big Business (36 min)
Terry Gross, Fresh Air, April 10, 2017 Health care is a trillion-dollar industry in America, but are we getting what we pay for? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a medical journalist who formerly worked as a medical doctor, warns that the existing system too often focuses on financial incentives over health or science. Rosenthal's new book, An American Sickness, examines the deeply rooted problems of the existing health-care system and also offers suggestions for a way forward.
- How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk
Ellen Gabler, NY Times, Jan 31, 2020.
Pharmacists across the U.S. warn that the push to do more with less has made medication errors more likely. “I am a danger to the public,” one wrote to a regulator.
- More Parents Turning To Breast Milk Banks For Premature Babies
Here & Now, WBUR, Jan 10, 2017. New recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics say premature, high-risk infants should consume donated breast milk if a mother’s own milk isn’t available. The academy warns against buying unscreened milk off the internet, and recommends donor milk banks. Karen Shakerdge (@karenshakerdge) of WXXI in Rochester, New York, reports that while the donor banks can be life-saving, the use of pasteurized donor milk is very expensive.
- NY Times - When the Hospital Fires the Bullet
Elisabeth Rosenthal, NY Times, Feb 12, 2016 "More and more hospital guards across the country carry weapons. For Alan Pean, seeking help for mental distress, that resulted in a gunshot to the chest." See also This American Life episode #579, Act One: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/579/my-damn-mind?act=1
- Radiolab report on Blood
Radiolab, Session 12, Episode 1. From medicine to the movies, the horrifying to the holy, and history to the present day -- we're kinda obsessed with blood. This hour, we consider the power and magic of the red liquid that runs through our veins. The last one-third has a report on the economics of blood donation and distribution. (Click "~Stream" on the Radiolab page)
- The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality
John Horgan, Scientific American, February 12, 2020
Cancer medicine generates enormous revenues but marginal benefits for patients
- Where the Frauds Are All Legal
Elisabeth Rosenthal, NY Times Sunday Review, Dec. 9, 2019
Much of what we accept as legal in medical billing would be regarded as fraud in any other sector.