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Anchor lead: If you’ve been taking fish oil or vitamin D supplements you may want to think again, Elizabeth Tracey reports Both fish oil and vitamin D supplements have been extremely popular in recent years, but new evidence presented at …

December 4, 2018 – Vitamin D and Fish Oil Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can a lower thyroid hormone level actually be beneficial? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people are diagnosed with inadequate thyroid hormone levels as they age, but now research by Jenna Mammen, an endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, is …

November 6, 2017 – Aging and Thyroid Read more »

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This week’s topics include health and wealth, gun show sales and gun injury, management of epilepsy, and outcomes relative to robotic surgery. Program notes: 0:34 Today is last PodMed 1:19 Epilepsy management 2:19 Not a single type of surgery 3:16 …

PodMed – Week of October 30, 2017 Read more »

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This week’s topics include predicting mortality in those with congestive heart failure, bystander CPR impact, best management of stable COPD, and NOACs and bleeding risk. Program notes: 0:50 NOACs and bleeding risk 1:51 Also taking other medicines increased risk 2:49 …

PodMed – Week of October 16, 2017 Read more »

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This week’s topics include aspirin discontinuation risks, HIV in those 50 and older, big data and chronic lung disease, and genetic testing and warfarin use. Program notes: 0:34 Genetic testing and warfarin dosing 1:35 Looked at genetics to determine 2:33 …

PodMed – Week of October 2, 2017 Read more »

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Anchor lead: A worldwide survey indicates health problems that are increasing, Elizabeth Tracey reports Taking a look at death and disease around the world reveals trends that are important from a public health perspective. The recent Global Burden of Disease …

September 26, 2017 – Global Diseases Read more »

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Anchor lead: What do death data worldwide tell us? Elizabeth Tracey reports What do people worldwide die of? That’s the substance of the Global Burden of Disease study published recently in the Lancet. Mike Klag, dean of the Bloomberg School …

September 25, 2017 – Causes of Death Read more »