PodMed – Week of January 25, 2016

Posted on January 22, 2016 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Colon And Rectal Cancer, Death and Dying, Heart And Vascular, Infectious diseases, Neurology And Neurosurgery, PodMed

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This week’s topics include end of life cancer care, the Zika virus, PT and Parkinson’s, and afib in women.

Program notes:

0:35 Zika virus
1:37 Pregnant women recommended not to travel
2:35 Rise in microcephaly in Brazil
3:05 Atrial fibrillation in women
4:01 90% increase in cardiac death
5:01 PT and Parkinson’s disease
6:02 Over 700 people with mild to moderate disease
7:06 Cancer care at end of life
8:07 Measures of aggressive care
9:07 Physicians chose less but not that big a difference
10:29 End

Related blog:http://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2016/01/22/zika-virus-warning/