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Date
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Guest
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12-24-97
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Christopher Wills, author of Yellow Plague, Black Goddess: The Co-evolution of People and Plagues
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12-17-97
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William H. Calvin, author of The Cerebral Code and How Brains Think, on the evolution of the brain
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12-10-97
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Anthropologist Stanley Ambrose on the nutrition and diet of prehistoric peoples
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12-3-97
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Ellen Langer, Ph.D., author of The Power of Mindful Learning
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11-26-97
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Claire Brindis on the National Adolescent Health Information Center
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11-19-97
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Princeton University's Andy Dobson on links between biodiversity and human health
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11-12-97
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John Bogden, Ph.D., on trace elements in nutrition
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11-5-97
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Peter Neumann of the Harvard School of Public Health on the economics behind health care decisions
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10-29-97
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Mary Fissell on the women's self-help books of the 17th and 18th centuries
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10-22-97
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Bruce Lehnert, Ph.D., on the effects of radiation on DNA
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10-15-97
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Paul Williams, Ph.D., on the results of the National Runners' Health Survey of 1991
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9-24-97
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Dr. Ichiro Kawachi on the dangers of passive smoking and other psychosocial factors in heart disease
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9-17-97
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Dr. Bruce Perry, executive director of the CIVITAS Child Trauma Programs
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9-10-97
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Ken Nealson of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on "astrobiology" -- looking for lifeforms on other worlds
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9-3-97
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Dr. Peter Snell on achieving peak physical performance
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8-27-97
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Dr. Denise Faustman on the problems and potentials of xenotransplantation
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8-13-97
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Dr. Shane Murphy, author of The Achievement Zone, on attaining maximum physical performance
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8-6-97
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Dr. Donald Henderson on the World Health Organization and disease eradication
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7-30-97
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Dr. Thomas E. Johnson on how genes affect aging and behavior
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7-23-97
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Dr. Mark Wainberg on the International AIDS Society
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7-9-97
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Dr. Nancy Adler on links between socio-economic status and health
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7-2-97
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Dr. David Weiner on DNA-based vaccines
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6-25-97
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Dr. George Michalopoulos on research into tissue regeneration
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6-18-97
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Dr. Robert S. Desowitz on the transmission of diseases from the New World to the Old
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6-11-97
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Dr. Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad on Alzheimer's disease research
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6-4-97
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Dr. Robert McCunney on the use of biomarkers in assessing environmental and occupational health
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5-28-97
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Dr. Richard N. Atkins the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate
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5-7-97
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Dr. Gene Block on the cellular mechanisms of the human biological clock
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4-30-97
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Congresswoman Nita Lowey on increasing funding for medical research
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4-23-97
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David Kalman, Ph.D., on the use of expert witnesses in the courtroom
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4-16-97
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Leonard Cole, Ph.D. on the dangers of biological warfare
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4-9-97
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Palliative care specialist Elaine Glass, R.N. on care of the terminally ill and their "near-death awareness"
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4-2-97
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NASA flight surgeon Dr. Joe Ortega on medical planning for the Mars mission
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3-26-97
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Palliative care specialist Elaine Glass, R.N. on pet power for the terminally ill
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12-18-96
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Dr. Lee Hood on the Human Genome Project
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12-11-96
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Dr. Thomas Murray on medical ethics
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12-4-96
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Dr. Ernesto Pretto on disaster medicine
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11-20-96
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Dr. Dean Ornish on his programs for eating healthy
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11-13-96
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Dr. Marion Nestle on dietary guidelines
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11-6-96
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Mark Blumenthal on herbal medicines
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10-30-96
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Dr. Thomas Verny on the effects of prenatal experience
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10-23-96
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Dr. John Money on the evolution of sex and gender
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10-16-96
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Dr. Richard Marlink on AIDS research and the web
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10-9-96
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Dr. Mary Jo Sabo on biofeedback
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10-2-96
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Dr. Louis Aronne on weight loss drugs
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9-25-96
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Dr. James Gusella on genetic diseases
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