• Discussion Themes

– Managing Your Health   
– Infectious Disease   
– Research and Discovery   
– Societal Issues

• Is Coffee Good for You? A closer look at one of our favorite beverages (5/9/2007)
• Little Things That Can Save Your Life: Protect yourself and your family from preventable injuries. (3/28/2007)
• Need a Quick Boost? Why Energy Drinks are Bad News (2/21/2007)
• Is It "Good" Fat or "Bad" Fat? Learn how to read food labels for healthier shopping. (1/17/07)
• How much salt is too much? You are probably eating more than you realize. (12/13/2006)
• Hooked on Tanning? Big business, but bad for your health ( 8/16/2006)
• Will I Be More Disabled Than My Parents? Why the outlook appears grim (8/23/06)
• Testing Newborns For Hearing The importance of screening, diagnosis and intervention (9/7/2005)
• The Growth of Diabetes and What to Do About It: The prevalence of diabetes, particularly among women and minorities, will continue to increase if the epidemic is not addressed head-on. (04/14/2005)
• Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Do you know how much is too much? (04/06/2005)
• The Real Story Behind Obesity: To properly address America's weight problem, we need to change our strategy. (11/10/2004)
• Cardiovascular Disease: Still #1: Many Americans don't realize how at risk they are. (01/28/2004)
• Exercise and Childhood Obesity: Taking an active role in challenging the leading causes of increased childhood obesity. (10/22/2003)

• Why Kids Need Their Shots: Debunking the myths of childhood vaccinations (3/21/2007)
• A Bird's Eye View of Bird Flu: What we really know about transmission (7/19/2006)
• The Threat of Bird Flu: Is a pandemic on the horizon? (8/24/2005)
• Why Tuberculosis Survives in the United States: What can we do to beat it? (8/13/2005)
• HIV Testing: Too Little, Too Late?: Exploring the dangers of undiagnosed HIV (3/30/2005)
• The Battle with Infectious Diseases: Staying One Step Ahead of Microbes (3/16/2005)
• Fighting Infectious Diseases Worldwide: 150 Years of Learning (12/15/2004)
• Toronto's SARS Outbreak: Identifying control strategies that worked (7/28/2004)
• Lessons Learned from SARS: Preparing for disease outbreaks (2/14/2004)

• A Connection Between Stem Cells and Cancer? Bringing us one step closer to a cure. (2/14/2007)
• No Smoke, No Problem? No way - smokeless tobacco is addictive and dangerous. (10/11/2006)
• Untangling the Web of Alzheimer's Disease: How close are we to a cure? (6/17/2006)
• Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and the Heart: When need is one step ahead of science (10/16/2005)
• Evidence-Based Medicine: What it means for patients and physicians (3/23/2005)
• The Importance of Stem Cell Policy: How we can honor Christopher Reeve (10/27/2004)
• Medical Knowledge: Lost in Translation A look into the use of modern research and how it's applied. (2/04/2004)
• Does Science Make A Difference? A look at the changing role of science and its impact on society. (2/04/2004)
• Patient Involvement in Research Studies Patient participation -- A critical ingredient for successful clinical research. (10/15/2003)
• Leading with Science The role of the scientific process in modern medicine. (10/1/2003)

• Corn-Fed America Does this grain have an unhealthy hold on our diets? (4/27/2007)
• Taking Action on Obesity Using public policy for change and prevention (3/14/2007)
• How Safe is Your Food? Recent outbreaks of E. coli expose food safety problems (2/7/2007)
• Down the Drain, and Then What? Do you know where your water goes? (1/24/2007)
• Global Warming: Is a Plan Emerging? Three converging sectors tell the story (11/29/2006)
• Converting Coal to Oil Will it ease our energy dependency? (9/20/2006)
• Ethanol and the Battle Over Corn What's the controversy all about? (8/11/2006)
• Global Warming: From "If" to "When" Is the United States taking action? (6/16/2006)
• Alcohol's New Target Marketers take aim at affluent, independent females (5/17/2006)
• Tobacco Stealth Marketing Targeting kids and women with flavored cigarettes (5/2/2006)
• Bottled Water: Think twice before you buy. (1/18/2006)