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Adding to the celebratory mood, we were joined by noted NPR composer BJ Leiderman, who played our theme live for the audience in the Friday Center’s Grumman Auditorium. And noted radio personality Frank Stasio, host of The State of Things, joined us for the first part of the show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Frank, we reminisced about how the show got started. We also discussed some of the favorite home remedies that we have learned from listeners. Occasionally a remedy that sounds entirely improbable, such as putting a bar of soap under the bottom sheet to prevent nighttime leg cramps, turns out to work surprisingly well for many people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe also took questions and comments from our live audience. They offered testimonials about home remedies and asked questions about confusing health headlines. We also summarized our best advice about avoiding whiplash from flip-flops in health advice: stick with what your (great) grandmother told you. 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There is fear that doing so will result in litigation or other recriminations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFailure to make the correct diagnosis is a serious problem that is rarely acknowledged. One doctor tells how those who cared for him didn’t admit their diagnostic failure, and how it affected his health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the fear, some health care institutions have found that transparency with respect to errors actually reduces lawsuits and generates good will. Learn about the Seven Pillars approach to disclosure and remediation utilized successfully at the University of Illinois. Should it be adopted elsewhere?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Week’s Guests:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital. 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