PodMed – Week of July 18, 2016

This week’s topics include two on HIV management, obesity and death, and the benefits of special shoes for osteoarthritis.

Program notes:

0:30 Shoes and knee osteoarthritis

1:31 Unloading shoes or not

2:32 Six months of use

3:03 Condom use in couples with HIV in one partner

4:05 Condom not used but HIV treatment in place

5:07 HIV treatment at detection of infection

5:40 Patient navigators in HIV positive people

6:40 Three groups randomized

7:50 Obesity and death

8:50 BMI over 40 triples risk

9:50 Number of reasons for premature death

10:20 End

Related blog:https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2016/07/15/do-ugly-shoes-help/