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This week’s topics include managing after DVT, anticoagulation in folks with a-fib, surviving with cystic fibrosis, and where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement Program notes: 1:00 Folks with cystic fibrosis survive longer in Canada 2:00 Have transplant earlier 3:00 …

PodMed – Week of March 20, 2017 Read more »

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This week’s topics include managing earwax, metformin and other diseases, atypical antipsychotics in palliative care, and firearm purchase without a background check. Program notes: 0:51 Managing ear wax 1:51 Industry relative to removal 2:53 Putting cotton swabs not good 3:31 …

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Anchor lead:  What are the implications of the recent Surgeon General’s report on e-cigarette use among US youth? Elizabeth Tracey reports Teenagers in the US use e-cigarettes in a practice known as vaping much more often than they smoke traditional …

January 5, 2017 – e-cigs and Surgeon General Read more »

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This week’s topics include statins and Alzheimer’s, teen substance use, national mortality data, and psychiatric drug use in American adults. Program notes: 0:33 Cause specific mortality in the US 1:35 At over 80 million deaths 2:32 Not terribly surprising to …

PodMed – Week of December 19, 2016 Read more »