The 9 Best White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio Podcast Episodes
1) Screened Out: Do Canada’s breast cancer screening guidelines put 40-something women at risk?
Twenty percent of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are in their forties. But Canadian screening guidelines say little about what women at that age should be doing to stay on top of the “big ...Show More
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Thanks for the recommendation. This was very thought provoking. They did not go deep into why the recommendations were changed to drop the ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) The early bird catches the derm
Wait times for dermatology appointments have patients lining up before dawn at a unique rapid-access clinic. Their conditions range from severe rashes to hair loss to potentially cancerous moles. Derm...Show More
3) Choosing cancer
Producer Lise Hosein tells her story as a patient diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancerUntil recently, treatment meant getting surgery to remove the thyroid glands. Now doctors are discovering that ...Show More
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Not all cancers cause death. Some thyroid cancers do not spread or cause death and the repercussions of thyroid removal are worse than just...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) How Alan Alda went from TV doctor to teaching real doctors about empathy
Alan Alda is best known for his 11 seasons on MASH but he's also forged a second career as an expert in communication. He tells Dr. Brian Goldman it began with hosting Scientific American on PBS, wher...Show More
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Patients who rate their doctor as highly empathetic are 20% more likely to follow through on their doc’s medical recommendations. Two of my...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Why bringing room service to hospitals helps patients convalesce
Hospital chefs and medical students make a hands-on connection to put food at the heart of preventative care.
Why bringing room service to hospitals helps patients convalesce
27:12 | Jan 25th, 2019
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epekilis recommended:
I completely applaud Joshna Maharaj’s Jamie Oliver-like initiative to improve hospital food. No matter what the benefit to patients, though...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Floods Fires Hurricanes and Hospitals
As the Atlantic Hurricane season continues unabated White Coat, Black Art tells the story of how hospitals cope when natural disasters strike.
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Required listening - so what does a hospital do when the Fort McMurray Fire changes direction, leaving them an hour to move non-ambulatory p...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) The unregulated world of medical devices
Could your hip replacement hurt you? Journalist Jeanne Lenzer explores the medical device industry in her new book, The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and On...Show More
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Medical devices are not subjected to anywhere near the amount of pre market safety testing required for pharmaceuticals, and the recall proc...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Endometriosis: The painful search for answers
Endometriosis affects one in ten Canadian women, yet for the most part, it is invisible. It's a condition where the uterine tissue grows outside of the uterus, resulting in severe pain, and possibly i...Show More
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I’ve known Danielle since high school, and she continues to impress with whatever she does
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) One in a million
Ian Stedman had red eyes, migraines,skin rashes and joint pain all his life. Dozens of MDs failed to diagnose him. So, he lived with it. When his daughter was born with the same symptoms, he turned to...Show More
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The changing role of professionals in an online world where availability of specialized information permits the gifted amateur to achieve a ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Public pain, private care: Why one woman is paying to walk again
How much would you be willing (and able) to pay to get your knee or hip replaced? Calgarian Linda Slater's knee pain became unbearable during her two-year wait to see an orthopedic surgeon. She draine...Show More