The Sounds of Science from the National Academies Podcast
1) Weight Gain During Pregnancy: How Much is Too Much?
As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain has become more difficult to reconcile. The Weight Gai...Show More
2) Breast Cancer Treatment: Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience, specifically on breast cancer in women because this group...Show More
3) Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to ...Show More
4) School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children
This podcast provides a historical overview of the emergence of school meal programs and provides recommendations to update the nutrition standard and the meal requirements for the National School Lun...Show More
5) The Ocean's Role in Human Health
The ocean has greater affects on human health than the average person realizes. This report brief discusses the health and medical hazards, benefits, and potential found in the ocean's depths.
6) Is Soccer Bad for Children's Heads?
Given the popularity of the World Cup, the Sounds of Science revisits a 2002 IOM workshop reports on head injury in young soccer players. This podcast addresses the biology of concussion, when to retu...Show More
7) Driving and the Built Environment
This podcast examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension greenhouse gas (GHG) em...Show More
8) Reducing the Sodium Intake in the United States
Reducing the intake of sodium is an important public health goal for Americans. Since the 1970s, an array of public health interventions and national dietary guidelines has sought to reduce sodium int...Show More
9) Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy
Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their prep...Show More
10) Hispanics in America: Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies:
Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implications for both the United States and the growing His...Show More