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This week’s topics include a novel vaccine delivery method, aspirin and preeclampsia, air pollution and mortality in seniors, and exercise and dementia. Program notes: 0:48 Acknowledge our listeners 1:48 Novel way to deliver flu vaccine 2:50 Side effects and effectiveness …

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This week’s topics include physician age and outcomes, abortion via telemedicine, age to begin screening for cardiovascular disease, and vaccination of travelers. Program notes: 0:31 Physician age and patient outcomes 1:30 Lower for physicians under 40 2:30 More up to …

PodMed – Week of May 22, 2017 Read more »

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This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also …

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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 …

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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 …

PodMed – Week of January 9, 2017 Read more »

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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 »