PodMed – Week of January 2, 2017

This week’s topics include a review of sugar recommendations, preventing readmissions to the hospital, benefits of fish oil in pregnancy, and a look at healthcare spending.

Program notes:

0:31 A look at sugar recommendations

1:30 Identified nine guidelines

2:30 All point to reducing sugar intake

3:20 Fish oil supplementation in pregnancy and asthma

4:20 Increase in omega-six fatty acids

5:20 Most marked in women with lowest levels

6:02 Reducing readmissions effectiveness

7:02 Looked at 15 million Medicare patients

8:06 Analysis of healthcare spending

9:03 $30 trillion dollars personal spending

10:39 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2016/12/30/fish-oil-pregnancy-and-asthma/