Month: December 2015
January 1, 2016 – Remote Consult
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Video links are becoming more practical for medical visits, Elizabeth Tracey reports Video links via computer or smartphone are increasingly used for consults with physicians. Dierdre Johnston, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, describes how much patients like a …
December 31, 2015 – No Worries
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: A new grading system should reduce fears for many men with prostate cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Among the many prognostic indicators for prostate cancer is the Gleason score, used for decades by pathologists to identify how advanced a …
December 30, 2015 – Prostate Cancer Grading
December 29, 2015 – Evidence and Profit
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: What should be done to compensate for industry objectives in scientific research? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should you be concerned that when a clinical trial is conducted by industry the results may not be objective? Stephan Ehrhardt, lead author …
December 28, 2015 – Who’s Buying
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Should you be concerned about decreased government funding for medical and scientific studies? Elizabeth Tracey reports More industry funded studies are taking place even while numbers of National Institutes of Health studies are declining, a Johns Hopkins study …