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This week’s topics include use of vitamins and supplements, detecting atrial fibrillation, calcium supplements and heart disease, and use of ventilators in people with advanced dementia. Program notes: 0:35 Vitamins and supplements use 1:35 People continue to do so 2:35 …

PodMed – Week of October 17, 2016 Read more »

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This week’s topics include end of life care in a spectrum of illness, dementia and blood transfusions, coprescribing of naloxone with opioids, and treatment of binge eating disorder. Program notes: 0:31 End of life treatments 1:32 Compared with cancer 2:33 …

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This week’s topics include dementia and depression, complications of implanted defibrillators, the most common emergency surgeries, and treatment of insomnia. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of insomnia 1:35 Medications only for short term 2:32 Has to be provided outside physician’s office …

PodMed – Week of May 9, 2016 Read more »

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Anchor lead: Will removing the substance known as amyloid slow down Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports The amyloid hypothesis holds that accumulation of amyloid, mostly protein, in the brain, is important in causing Alzheimer’s disease, yet studies so far using …

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This week’s topics include seafood consumption and Alzheimer’s disease, transcranial stimulation for tinnitus, long term use of marijuana and cognition, and mobile texts for medication adherence. Program notes: 0:40 Fish and cognition 1:49 Moderate seafood associated with less cognitive deficit …

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This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid supplements and neural tube defects 1:38 Significant drop with fortification 2:36 Maybe found …

PodMed – Week of November 30, 2015 Read more »