PodMed – Week of February 13, 2017

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Cancelled Stamp From The United States Featuring An Appeal For Early Testing For Sickle Cell.

This week’s topics include sickle cell trait and HbA1c, carcinogen levels and e-cigarettes, mutations and myelodysplastic syndrome, and kids ingesting pet medicines.

Program notes:

0:33 Kids eating medicines intended for pets
1:34 Retrospective poison center data
2;28 Must have appropriate medication dispensing
2:40 Sickle cell trait and hemoglobin A1c
3:41 In diabetes the higher your HbA1c
4:39 Sickle cell trait affects the level
5:39 In general their level is higher
6:33 e-cigarettes and toxins
7:33 Those with dual usage also had carcinogens
8:16 Myelodysplastic syndrome and mutations
9:16 Specific mutations and clinical features predictive
10:12 Can help more effective therapy
10:36 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/02/10/sickle-cell-trait-and-diabetes/