Interview with Paul A. Offit, MD, author of Studying Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Interview with Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, author of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures: United States, 2000-2009

Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD, author of Primary Health Care in Low-Income Countries: Building on Recent Achievements

Interview with Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, author of Use of Diagnostic Imaging Studies and Associated Radiation Exposure for Patients Enrolled in Large Integrated Health Care Systems, 1996-2010

Interview with Clinton K. Murray, MD, author of Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Blood and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the US Military Health System, 2005-2010

Interview with Gary S. Kaplan, MD, author of Marshaling Leadership for High-Value Health Care

Interview with Paul Spiegel, MD, author of The State of the World's Refugees: Adapting Health Responses to Urban Environments

Interview with William J. Calhoun, MD, author of Comparison of Physician-, Biomarker-, and Symptom-Based Strategies for Adjustment of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Adults With Asthma: The BASALT Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Ted D. Adams, PhD, MPH, author of Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery After 6 Years

Interview with Carlos A. Camargo, MD, author of Effect of Vitamin D₃ Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, author of Challenges at the Intersection of Team-Based and Patient-Centered Health Care: Insights From an IOM Working Group

Interview with J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, author of Multivitamins in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men: The Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Colin P. West, MD, PhD, author of General Medicine vs Subspecialty Career Plans Among Internal Medicine Residents

Interview with Victor R. Fuchs, PhD, author of How and Why US Health Care Differs From That in Other OECD Countries

Interview with Joan M. Teno, MD, MS, author of Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

Interview with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, author of Reengineering US Health Care

Interview with Koon Teo, MB, PhD, author of Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study

Interview with Hope Weiler, RD, PhD, author of Effect of Different Dosages of Oral Vitamin D Supplementation on Vitamin D Status in Healthy, Breastfed Infants: A Randomized Trial

Interview with Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil, author of The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

Interview with Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH, author of Views of US Physicians About Controlling Health Care Costs

Interview with Edna B. Foa, PhD, author of Concurrent Naltrexone and Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Patients With Comorbid Alcohol Dependence and PTSD: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with JoAnn E. Manson, MD, author of Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Health Outcomes During the Intervention and Extended Poststopping Phases of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials

Interview with Hamilton Moses III, MD, author of The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States

Interview with Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, author of Weight Change and Health Outcomes at 3 Years After Bariatric Surgery Among Individuals With Severe Obesity

Interview with Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, author of Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health

Interview with Kaycee M. Sink, MD, MAS, author of Effect of a 24-Month Physical Activity Intervention vs Health Education on Cognitive Outcomes in Sedentary Older Adults: The LIFE Randomized Trial

Interview with Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD, author of Temporal Trends in Mortality in the United States, 1969-2013, and J. Michael McGinnis, MD, MPP, author of Mortality Trends and Signs of Health Progress. Also in this episode is a conversation with Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, a Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Interview with John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MHSc, MBA, author of Alternating Electric Fields for the Treatment of Glioblastoma

Interview with Justin E. Bekelman, MD, author of Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries

Interview with Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA;, author of Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes: Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality, and Michael E. Porter, PhD, author of From Volume to Value in Health Care: The Work Begins

Workplace violence–related injuries occur disproportionately in health care settings. In this podcast, we discuss how individual clinicians should manage violent patients who might attack them. Article discussed in this episode: Ensuring Staff Safety When Treating Potentially Violent Patients

Can testosterone gel improve memory, correct anemia, increase bone density or prevent the growth of coronary artery plaque in older men with low testosterone levels? Four new studies in JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine found improvement in some of these measures.

Articles discussed in this episode:

• Testosterone Treatment and Coronary Artery Plaque Volume in Older Men With Low Testosterone

• Testosterone Treatment and Cognitive Function in Older Men With Low Testosterone and Age-Associated Memory Impairment

• Effect of Testosterone Treatment on Volumetric Bone Density and Strength in Older Men With Low Testosterone: A Controlled Clinical Trial

• Association of Testosterone Levels With Anemia in Older Men: A Controlled Clinical Trial

Whole-genome sequencing is now easily done for very little cost. It is not known how to interpret the results of this testing. Healthy individuals should not have this performed. If someone has a reason to suspect a particular disease with a known genetic association, then whole-genome or targeted sequencing is reasonable to pursue.

Interview with Dr. Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, about his study using Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data to compare health care infrastructure, outcomes, and prices in the US and other high-income countries to identify the sources of spending that make US health care so expensive.

Interview with Susan J. Curry, PhD, author of Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Alex R Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, Task Force member and co-author of Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., author of Next Phase in Effective Cost Control in Health Care

Interview with David A. Asch, MD, MBA, author of The Uncertain Effect of Financial Incentives to Improve Health Behaviors

Interview with Robert M. Wachter, MD, author of Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed?

Interview with Marissa A. Hendrickson, MD, author of The Review of Systems, the Electronic Health Record, and Billing

Interview with Robert M. Wachter, MD, author of Reimagining Specialty Consultation in the Digital Age: The Potential Role of Targeted Automatic Electronic Consultations

Interview with Karina W. Davidson, PhD, MASc, author of Screening for Social Determinants of Health: The Known and Unknown

Interview with Anna D. Sinaiko, Ph. D., author of What Is the Value of Market-Wide Health Care Price Transparency?

Interview with Benjamin Daniel Sommers, MD, PhD, author of Medicaid Expansion and Health: Assessing the Evidence After Five Years

Interview with Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD, author of Can Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Be Part of a Healthy and Sustainable Diet?

Interview with Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, author of The Advancing American Kidney Health Executive Order: An Opportunity to Enhance Organ Donation

Interview with S Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, author of The Risk and Cost of Limited Clinician and Patient Accountability in Health Care

Interview with William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS, author of Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings

Interview with John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, author of Neglecting Major Health Problems and Broadcasting Minor, Uncertain Issues in Lifestyle Science

Interview with Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD, author of Addressing Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care