July 14, 1978 - Dr. Robert Good, President of Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, talks with MPR medical reporter Rich Dietman about cancer research. Good begins by describing recent advances in the treatment of cancer. He also speaks of antigens, compounds that cause the production of antibody; a substance which the body uses to fight and destroy matter it judges to be foreign and a threat.
July 19, 1978 - Isabel Wolf, nutritionist from University of Minnesota, discusses public attitudes about nutrition with Dan Olson. Wolf also answers listener questions.
July 27, 1978 - Nutritionist Dr. Rudy Ballentine discusses nutrition and its relationship to meditation. Topic includes comparison on west and east approaches. Ballentine also answers listener calls.
August 17, 1978 - MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Dr. Michael Eisenberg, head of gastro-intestinal surgery at the University of Minnesota hospitals in Minneapolis. Eisenberg discusses definition of ulcers, causes, and their impact on those inflicted by them.
August 21, 1978 - Dr. Virgil Richard Zarling, of St. Mary's Hospital in Minneapolis, discusses the causes and diagnoses of muscular dystrophy with reporter Dan Olson.
September 11, 1978 - Jobs consultant Tom Jackson discusses his philosophy on finding and valuing one’s job and developing a satisfying professional life.
September 26, 1978 - Dr. Keith Sehnert discusses how to be your own doctor, sometimes. The focus is on patient activation and taking care of oneself. Sehnert also answers listener questions.
October 26, 1978 - Isabel Wolf, University of Minnesota nutrition specialist, discusses what is and isn't good nutrition. Wolf also answers listener questions.
November 11, 1978 - Dr. Lois Phillips Hudson, author and English professor at University of Washington, Tacoma, describes how rape and fear of being raped work to drain women of energy and assurance they might use to be creative.
January 18, 1979 - Excerpt of Dr. V. Elving Anderson, director of the Dwight Institute at the University of Minnesota, speaking on the topic of genetic engineering and human values.