Category: Death and Dying
PodMed – Week of October 17, 2016
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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 …
July 28, 2016 – Calling for a Consult
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Anchor lead: You can ask for a palliative care consultation yourself, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people with troubling and sometimes disabling symptoms of chronic health conditions aren’t offered palliative care, a medical specialty devoted to helping people live best with …
July 27, 2016 – Who Gets It?
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Anchor lead: How often are palliative care services used for people with different conditions? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have cancer are offered palliative care, a type of medical care designed to help manage symptoms as well as possible, the …
July 26, 2016 – Euthanasia
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Anchor lead: How much euthanasia and physician assisted suicide takes place around the world? Elizabeth Tracey reports How often do people choose euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in places where it is legal? That was the subject of a recent …
PodMed – Week of July 18, 2016
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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 …
PodMed – Week of July 11, 2016
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This week’s topics include euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, a new model for breast cancer trials, biomarkers, and S.aureus in families. Program notes: 0:31 A new approach to breast cancer studies 1:31 Stage 2 or 3 breast cancer 2:29 Looking …