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Feature Interview (12:55) – Marie Hilliard, PhD, past president of the National Association of Catholic Nurses and Co-Chair of the CMA Ethics Committee, discusses the vocation of nursing including what makes nursing so important and ethical questions nurses face today.

National Association of Catholic Nurses https://nacn-usa.org/

The International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants http://www.ciciams.org/

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Background Info (00:30) – Where would doctors be without nurses?

Forbes Study: Most Trusted Professions https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/01/11/americas-most-least-trusted-professions-infographic/#41596bbc7e94

Medical Trivia (Answer at 47:15) – Many saints are patrons of nurses including St. Agatha, St. Camillus de Lellis, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and St. Catherine of Siena. In the case of St. Catherine, she was born amidst a time when a certain disease was running wild through Europe, and she is reported to have miraculously laid hands on some victims who were miraculously cured – and nursed many others who died of this disease. What is the name of this disease – and for a bonus – what was the cause of this disease?

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Feature Interview (13:38) – Dr. Al Oliva, a plastic surgeon who operates in Spokane, WA discusses the multi-faceted public health harms of pornography and a rational and loving response to it

Fight the New Drug www.fightthenewdrug.org

Doctor, Doctor Episode 21: Pornography Addiction https://soundcloud.com/user-546435917/dd-21-pornography-addiction

Covenant Eyes https://www.covenanteyes.com/

CMA Videos Addressing Pornography www.tinyurl.com/TheNewDrugConference

National Center on Sexual Exploitation Pornography Research https://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/NCOSE_Pornography-PublicHealth_ResearchSummary_1-14-19_FINAL.pdf

Good Pictures, Bad Pictures (Children’s Book) https://amzn.to/2OUXmyd

The American Association For Sex Addiction Therapy https://aasat.org/

Also in this episode:

Background Info (00:30) – Definition of Pornography from the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2354 (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm)

What is a public health crisis? Resources from University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (https://publichealth.pitt.edu/home/research-practice)

Online Porn Addiction: What We Know and What We Don’t—A Systematic Review (www.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8010091)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 38:14) – In 2016, the same year the Republican Party added a plank to its platform stating that ‘pornography is a public health crisis,’ Utah kicked off a movement in state legislatures to recognize pornography as a public health crisis by recognizing the harms of pornography. In may of 2019, Arizona adopted a similar resolution. As of the summer of 2019, how many states now have a resolution

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Feature Interview (12:49) – Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Braaton discusses foot and ankle health and injuries including habits and types of shoes that can either increase or decrease your risk, types of injuries, and what to watch for to avoid them.

www.FootCareMD.org

www.AAOS.org

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Background Info (01:00) – Are modern running shoes increasing foot and ankle injuries?

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (https://amzn.to/2Kol81z)

Daniel Lieberman’s Harvard research on barefoot running (http://barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/)

First Shoes Worn 40,000 Years Ago (https://www.livescience.com/4964-shoes-worn-40-000-years.html)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 43:15) – When Jesus washed each foot of his apostles, how many bones was he holding in his holy hands each time he washed a foot? - and is this number more, less, or the same as each hand?

Listener Questions (45:25) – I am curious if there has been any research regarding the woman in a state of postpartum amenorrhea, and whether their hormone profile and preferences in a mate are more similar to a woman on or off contraceptives?

Many women do not begin to cycle until 1 or 2 years, or even more, after birth, and my understanding is that this is more common in traditional societies. I'm not sure that it's "normal" for a woman to cycle throughout her childbearing years. It seems more likely that she would usually be either pregnant or in a state of lactational amenorrhea, becoming pregnant again shortly after her fertility returns. Even if a woman isn’t using contraception, is she likely to have fertility cycles very often through her childbearing years?

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Feature Interview (9:12) – Cardiologist Dr. Dave Kaminskas tells us everything we need to know about high blood pressure – hypertension – including what it is, what causes it, risk factors, prevention, and treatment plans.

Also in this episode:

Background Info (01:00) – When and how did doctors in history discover what blood pressure is?

Medical Trivia (Answer at 38:22) – Based on 2015 data from the NCD risk factor collaboration, is high blood pressure more prevalent in wealthier countries or less affluent countries?

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Feature Interview (11:30) – Dr. Michelle Cretella explains The Equality Act, which recently passed in the House of Representatives, including the rise of focus on legal protections for transgenderism, why the bill is anti-science, the effects it could have on Catholic healthcare providers and on patients, and more.

Equality Act Explained (from Heritage Foundation) https://www.heritage.org/gender/heritage-explains/the-equality-act

Also in this episode:

Background Info (01:00) – What is the Equality Act and why does it matter to Catholic doctors?

Masterpiece Cake Shop Story (http://www.adfmedia.org/news/prdetail/8700)

Masterpiece Cake Shop Supreme Court Decision (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf)

Baronelle Stutzman’s Story (https://adflegal.org/detailspages/client-stories-details/barronelle-stutzman)

USCCB Responds to the Equality Act (http://www.usccb.org/news/2019/19-092.cfm)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 42:20) – In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first American woman to do what?

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Feature Interview (14:30) – Medical student Brendan Rhatican is back to tell us about his second year of medical school: what he’s learning, how things have changed, how he having a family with school and studying, and more. Plus he share his new project to help Catholic medical professionals make tough ethical decisions the Catholic Medical Conscience App.

Catholic Medical Conscience App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catholicmed.cmca&hl=en_US

Confessions of a Catholic Medical Student: Year Two (with Brendan Rhatican): https://soundcloud.com/user-546435917/dd-30-confessions-of-a-catholic-medical-student-year-one

Also in this episode:

Background Info (01:00) – Drs. McGovern and Mullally talk about what it’s like to be a doctor today, Dr Mullally’s own experience of medical school, and what the admissions process is like.

Back to Balance: The Art, Science, and Business of Medicine (https://amzn.to/2xXRPLX)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 42:20) – There are currently over 91,000 medical students at 175 medical schools in the United States, for an average of 131 students per class and 520 students per school. What is the largest single campus medical school in the United States? How many enroll in each class?

BONUS: Which medical school has the most medical students?

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In this second part in their series on the opioid crisis, Drs. McGovern and Mullally talk with psychiatrist Dr. Cynthia Hunt who is responsible for the Catholic Medical Association’s Substance Abuse Task Force. She discusses clinical aspects of substance abuse disorder, the mental and spiritual effects of addiction, and how treatment can give hope.

Medical Trivia (Answer at 38:00) – There are 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. As of 2014 there were 24.5 million people in the United States needing treatment for substance abuse disorders. Only 12% of them received any kind of inpatient, residential, or outpatient treatment, meaning there’s a shortage of people treating substance abuse disorders. In what year did the American Board of Medical Specialties recognize Addiction Medicine as a certified sub-specialty?

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In this first of a two-part series, Drs. McGovern and Mullally trace the history of the Opioid Crisis including what is an opioid drug, information about addiction, available data on current opioid use, and factors that have contributed to the way opioid drugs are being abused today.

Medical Trivia (Answer at 40:30) – If you look at the amount of opioids it takes to cause a fatal overdose, swallowing morphine the size of a pea is enough. By comparison, how much fentanyl does it take to cause a fatal overdose? What about carfentanyl or sufentanyl?

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Feature Interview (14:30) – The Doctors are joined by Dr. Jeffrey Berger, Medical Director of The Guest House, which specializes in addiction treatment for Catholic clergy and men and women religious. Dr. Berger shares his 35 years of experience treating addiction to shed light on what we know and what we don’t know about medical marijuana, including how marijuana works, typical affects, the potential benefits, and the documented dangers.

https://guesthouse.org/

Smart About Marijuana https://learnaboutsam.org/

Also in this episode:

Background Info (01:00) – Medical Cannabis from the Mayo Clinic Proceedings (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.09.005)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 42:20) – According to the World Health Organization, about 2.5% of the world’s population consumes cannabis in some fashion. In the US, the most recent figure was 3x the international level – 7.5% over age 12 consume it. Which state had the highest per capital use at 16.3% of citizens over age 12 using cannabis?

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Feature Interview (11:45) – Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN 3rd District) talks about the state of healthcare legislation on the national level and his own attempt to help bring down healthcare costs with the Healthcare Competition Act of 2019.

Also in this episode:

Background Info – Physician Assisted Suicide and the American Medical Association (https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/physician-assisted-suicide)

HHS Statement Against Fetal Tissue Research (https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019/06/05/statement-from-the-department-of-health-and-human-services.html)

Congress weighs dropping ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies (https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/04/congress-weighs-dropping-ban-on-altering-human-embryos-for-pregnancies/)

Medical Trivia (Answer at 43:45) – In 2017, total healthcare costs in the US were $3.5 trillion, 18% of the GDP. In 1960, total healthcare costs were $27.2 billion, only 5% of the GDP. In terms of how much it per person per year: in 2017, it cost almost $11,000 a year for healthcare (6% of annual income), while in 1960, it cost about $146 (4% of annual income). From 1960 to 2017, how many times from one year to the next year did the average cost per American for healthcare drop from one year to the next?

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