Health

Many of us may think of post-traumatic stress disorder as happening to soldiers, or survivors of sexual assault. But, a new study from Johns Hopkins finds that symptoms also occur among patients in Intensive Care Units. We talk about how it can be prevented with the study's leader, psychiatrist Joseph Bienvenu.

Then, the play “Mud Blue Sky” has its world premiere at Center Stage tomorrow. Tom Hall talks with the playwright Marisa Wegrzyn and director Susanna Gellert.

March 11, 2013

March 12, 2013

In the second of a two-part series, Midday on Health contributor Dr. John Cmar gives an insider’s tour of how a hospital works. From the who’s who of hospitals to what to expect when you’re admitted to what to ask before you leave. Also, with “match week” coming up for fourth-year medical students, we get a primer on hospital residency programs.

February 27, 2013

February 18, 2013

This film, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, has been nominated for Academy Awards, praised for its authentic portrayal of people struggling with recovery from mental illness and criticized for its "OK to be weird" conclusion. The Atlantic called it, "Love In The Time of Bipolar Disorder." We've asked psychiatrist Mark Komrad to take a look. Dr. Komrad, on the clinical and teaching staffs at Sheppard Pratt and Johns Hopkins hospitals, is the author of "You Need Help: A Step-by-Step Plan To Convince Your Loved One to Get Counseling."

Is big business to blame for such public health crises as diabetes and obesity? Author Wenonah Hauter examines food, farm policy and public health in "Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America." Hauter is an organic farmer in Virginia and executive director of the Washington-based watchdog organization Food & Water Watch.

In the summer of 1918, a mysterious new strain of influenza kills millions of people all over the world.

A January report in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association sparked a mini-firestorm in the medical community by suggesting that being slightly overweight -- but not obese -- may be advantageous to your health. A look at the findings and the significance of the Body Mass Index, the fundamental measure for body fat, in predicting long-term health. Our guest: Lawrence Cheskin, founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, joins us.