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Podcast title	MiResearch Podcast: Basic Science and Research News
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Description	MiResearch podcast by the University of Michigan Health System
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1. Treat the risk, not the cholesterol: Study challenges current guidelines download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study by the University of Michigan Medical School and Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System challenges the medical thinking that the lower the cholesterol, the better.
2. Recurrent shoulder dislocation? New U-M procedure effective when standard repairs are not download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint in the human body, occurring most often in young, athletic people. New research from the University of Michigan Health System shows patients who have recurrent shoulder dislocations may benefit from surgical reconstruction using cadaver bone and cartilage to essentially ‘sculpt’ a new shoulder.
3. U-M research shows chronically ill patients might be happier if they give up hope download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Most of us have been told at one time or another ‘to never lose hope.’ This plea is particularly common when dealing with medical problems. But new University of Michigan Health System research indicates that there may be a dark side to hope when dealing with disease or chronic medical conditions.
4. New study finds ability to rescue patients after complications best predictor of hospital mortality download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Hospital mortality rates following in-patient surgery vary widely across the country. Previously, researchers attributed this to differing post-surgical complication rates at the highest mortality hospitals versus the lowest. A new national study at the University of Michigan, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates that this is not the case.
5. Inhaling a heart attack: How air pollution can cause heart disease download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: One in three Americans suffer from hypertension, a significant health problem that can lead to cardiovascular disease, heart failure, stroke, diabetes and other life-threatening problems. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have determined that the very air we breathe can be an invisible catalyst to cardiovascular disease.
6. New moms urged to take care of postpartum health download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Childbirth may be the most natural thing in the world, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s easy! Over half of women suffer from postpartum ailments. Many of these women suffer in silence, embarrassed to talk with their doctor or even their friends about these difficulties. The University of Michigan is offering a unique program to assist these new moms.
7. Number of patients with dementia on the rise download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: By the year 2050, about 30 million Americans are expected to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Experts in the field are trying to determine if sophisticated imaging equipment can help predict the development of the disease.
8. Seniors should watch for drug interactions when taking multiple medications download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Interactions between prescription medications and over-the-counter medications are somewhat common. A University of Michigan pharmacist discusses what can be done to avoid unwanted side effects.
9. U-M researchers ID gene involved in pancreatic cancer download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Pancreatic cancer is the 11th most common cause of cancer in the United States, but it is the 4th leading cause of cancer death. Each year, about 40-thousand Americans are diagnosed with the disease; within 5 years, almost all will die from it. University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered an important piece of the puzzle.
10. Researchers discover metabolite linked to aggressive prostate cancer download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Each year, about 200-thousand men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Currently, it is very difficult to know when prostate cancer will require aggressive treatment to prevent it from spreading or when a wait-and-see approach is advisable for the patient.
11. New recommendations released for treatment of IBS download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common disease diagnosed by gastroenterologists, it’s also one of the most misunderstood. That’s why updated guidelines addressing the management of the condition are being released by the American College of Gastroenterology. Here is Andi McDonnell with more.
12. New surgical approach shows promise in treatment of scoliosis download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Spinal scoliosis is a fairly common condition among both children and adults. For a small group, the condition can progress to create severe pain and balance issues which require surgery. That is why surgeons at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a new minimal access spinal surgery that may revolutionize this surgical repair.
13. Battling bacteria in the blood: U-M researchers tackle deadly infections download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: About one in every 100 people each year will experience a serious bloodstream infection, and often times, antibiotics aren’t enough. So to combat these rampant infections, University of Michigan researchers are working to find ways to better diagnose and treat them.
14. Can vitamins and minerals prevent hearing loss? download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a particular cocktail of vitamins – when missed with magnesium – can actually prevent noise-induced hearing damage.
15. Grapes may aid a bunch of heart risk factors, U-M animal study finds download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Eating grapes may be the key to helping fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.
16. Stem Cells 102: How is stem cell research regulated? download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: U-M doctors Sean Morrison and David Gordon address facts and fictions related to stem cell research and regulations.
17. Stem Cells 101: Five things you should know about stem cell research download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Michigan voters soon will decide whether to change a Michigan law that currently restricts research using embryonic stem cells. And U-M scientists want to make sure voters are well-informed on this issue before heading to the polls in November.
18. Saving lives more efficiently: Cardiac arrest study may help EMS and ERs download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study led by a University of Michigan emergency physician may help ambulance crews nationwide figure out the best way to handle one of the most common and deadly heart-related emergencies: cardiac arrest.
19. Mom’s mood, baby’s sleep: what’s the connection? download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: What’s the connection between a new mother’s mood and the way her new baby sleeps? University of Michigan researchers who study sleep and depression are trying to find out.
20. Students with food allergies often not prepared for reaction in schools and on campus download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: University of Michigan researchers say students with food allergies all-too-often engage in risky behavior related to their allergies, including failing to avoid potentially dangerous food and informing others about their food allergies.
21. Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics recover from dependence download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new University of Michigan study hints that people who have both alcohol problems and sleep problems – which often occur together -- might be helped by an epilepsy drug. The study, which is small but was placebo-controlled, opens the door for further research on how to help alcohol-dependent people escape the Catch-22 of insomnia and drinking that often stands in the way of their recovery.
22. Minorities less likely to know about breast cancer treatment options, U-M researchers find download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals that minority women with breast cancer are often making treatment decisions without knowing some very important information -- including their survival odds.
23. Keeping an eye on diabetes with FA imaging download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have released a study that examines a new diagnostic tool that may help diagnose diabetes-related eye problems long before symptoms begin.
24. Breast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, U-M study finds download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals that women who experience breast asymmetry following breast conserving surgery were more likely to experience poor quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence.
25. Stroke study reveals a key target for better treatment download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Research in mice shows why tPA carries risks as well as benefits, and suggests that Gleevec or other drugs could prevent problems.
26. Vitamin D findings point to new treatment for heart failure download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Strong bones, a healthy immune system, protection against some types of cancer: Recent studies suggest there’s yet another item for the expanding list of vitamin D benefits. Vitamin D, also know as “the sunshine vitamin,” keeps the heart fit for life’s demands.
27. Blacks not receiving chemotherapy for rectal cancer, despite seeing cancer specialists, U-M study finds download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Black patients and white patients are seeing rectal cancer specialists at similar rates, but blacks are still less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
28. Two stroke-prevention procedures give similar benefit download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Like horses running down a race track, two different artery-opening treatments appear to be running neck-and-neck when it comes to preventing stroke among people with clogged neck arteries and other health problems. After three years, patients who had a minimally-invasive procedure were just as likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack, or to die, as those who had open surgery.
29. Proper seatbelt use by pregnant women would save 200 fetuses a year download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan found that about 200 fetuses each year would not be lost if pregnant women properly buckled their seatbelts every time they were in an automobile. The research debunks a long-standing myth that wearing a seatbelt is not safe for pregnant women.
30. Memory loss becoming less common in older Americans download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new nationally representative study led by the University of Michigan shows a downward trend in the rate of “cognitive impairment” – the umbrella term for everything from significant memory loss to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease – among people aged 70 and older. While the reasons for this decline aren’t yet fully known, the authors say it may be linked to the fact that today’s seniors are more likely to have had more formal education, better economic status, and better care for risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking that can jeopardize their brains.
31. Overactive touch-sensing nerve cells explain ringing in the ears download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Acupuncture and similar methods to calm nerves in head and neck could relieve tinnitus, animal study suggests.
32. Risk factors shouldn't guide HPV vaccination download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: A new study from U-M C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital finds that using risk factors – including a woman’s sexual history - to target specific populations for HPV vaccination is not effective, and would exclude as many as 80 percent of women who could benefit the most from the vaccine.
33. Co-pay connection download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Lowering drug co-pays for chronic disease patients increases use of important preventive medicines, rigorous study shows.
34. For infant hearts, busier hospials means lower risks download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: New study from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center demonstrates that where these infants undergo surgery can have a significant impact on their outcome.
35. Caregivers benefit from cancer support program download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: As cancer care begins to address the emotional needs of patients, a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that it’s important to address the caregiver’s emotional needs as well.
36. HER-2 status predicts success of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Researchers have found they can potentially target chemotherapy for breast cancer to only those women most likely to benefit, sparing the majority of patients from unnecessary side effects.
37. In diabetes, older blacks, Latinos still lag whites in controlling blood sugar download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Despite decades of advances in diabetes care, African Americans and Latinos are still far less likely than whites to have their blood sugar under control, even with the help of medications, a new U-M and VA study finds. That puts them at a much higher risk of long-term diabetes complications.
38. New imaging technique for prostate cancer in bone download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new imaging technique that can measure the effectiveness of treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to the bones. The technique involves measuring diffusion of water within tumors.
39. Children's Health Poll shows parents do not support school mandate for HPV vaccine download (audio/mpeg, 1.94Mb) Description: Dr. Matthew Davis discusses the implications of results for the recent C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
40. Special Report: Children's Health Poll shows parents' top 10 health concerns for kids download (audio/mpeg, 16.41Mb) Description: Dr. Matthew Davis discusses results of the second U-M C.S Mott Children's Hospital Children's Health Poll that showed the top 10 health concerns for kids.
41. Special Report: Children's Health Poll shows kids' use of retail clinics on the rise download (audio/mpeg, 14.38Mb) Description: Dr. Matthew Davis discusses results of the recently released U-M C.S Mott Children's Hospital Children's Health Poll and what parents need to know about using retails clinics for their children's heatlh care.
42. Pancreatic cancer stem-cells identified download (audio/mpeg, 3.92Mb) Description: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have discovered the small number of cells in pancreatic cancer that are capable of fueling the tumors growth. The finding is the first identification of cancer stem cells in pancreatic tumors.
43. Beliefs about genetics can reinforce prejudice download (audio/mpeg, 3.92Mb) Description: Researchers know there is no scientific evidence for genetic differences between racial groups when it comes to athletic ability, but apparently some of the American public isn't getting the message.
44. Cells can cooperate to produce cancer download (audio/mpeg, 2.20Mb) Description: If two nearby pre-cancerous cells work together, they have a better chance of surviving and becoming cancer, according to a new University of Michigan theory.
45. Breast-sparing surgery with BRCA genes download (audio/mpeg, 2.20Mb) Description: Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry a certain genetic mutation can have breast-sparing surgery but should consider hormonal treatments to reduce their risk of cancer returning.
46. Oops! Study looks at brains response to errors download (audio/mpeg, 2.20Mb) Description: No matter how hard we try, we all make mistakes that arent just annoying, but potentially costly. Now, a team of U-M researchers has looked inside the human brain and captured the instant when someone makes such a mistake.
47. How can identical twins be genetically different? download (audio/mpeg, 1.90Mb) Description: Researchers have discovered three genes that are over-expressed in rheumatoid arthritis that were not known to be associated with the disease before. They also found that non-genetic factors influenced the expression of these genes.
48. Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors download (audio/mpeg, 2.25Mb) Description: Bubbles: You've bathed in them, popped them, endured bad song lyrics about them. Now, U-M researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list — gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs.
49. New genetic findings add to understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder download (audio/mpeg, 2.25Mb) Description: Obsessive-compulsive disorder tends to run in families. Now, U-M research is shedding new light on one of the genetic factors that may contribute to that pattern. And while no one gene causes OCD, the research is helping scientists confirm the importance of a particular gene that has been suspected to play a major role in OCD's development.
50. U-M scientists find genetic cause of multiple birth defects download (audio/mpeg, 1.97Mb) Description: Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D. and U-M Medical School colleagues study genes that, when mutated, produce a lethal kidney disease called nephronophthisis in infants and children. Hildebrandt's research has identified an intriguing connection between all these congenital diseases and tiny hair-like projections on cells, which scientists call cilia.
51. Early BP treatment may postpone hypertension download (audio/mpeg, 1.99Mb) Description: A new, U-M doctor-lead study offers intriguing insight into the possibility of postponing hypertension among the 59 million Americans whose blood pressure is slightly high.
52. U-M scientists find psoriasis gene download (audio/mpeg, 2.18Mb) Description: University of Michigan scientists have found a common genetic variation in an immune system gene that makes people much more likely to develop psoriasis - a disfiguring inflammatory skin disease.
53. Binge behavior download (audio/mpeg, 1.89Mb) Description: Stressed individuals might be particularly prone to binge eating or drug addiction because of high levels of a hormone mechanism in their brain, according to new University of Michigan and Georgetown University research.