Category: Heart And Vascular
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 …
PodMed – Week of October 10, 2016
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This week’s topics include Zika complications, hypothermia and in-hospital heart attack, long term heart attack survival and hospital performance, and ADHD medications and bone mineral density. Program notes: 0:35 Hypothermia and heart attacks 1:33 About 6% treated with hypothermia 2:32 …
PodMed – Week of September 26, 2016
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This week’s topics include appropriate use of beta blockers after heart attack, timing of allergenic foods for infants, a wearable device and its impact on weight loss, and vasectomy and prostate cancer. Program notes: 0:38 A device and weight loss …
PodMed – Week of September 19, 2016
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This week’s topics include long term results in low risk prostate cancer, ovarian cancer screening, statin benefits, and sex differences in MI. Program notes: 0:32 Benefits of statins 1:32 Reduces deaths from cardiovascular causes 2:33 Benefit clearly outweighs risk 3:22 …
PodMed – Week of September 5, 2016
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This week’s topics include ICD impact, a model for Zika drug screening, depression identification and treatment, and whether CPAP helps. Program notes: 0:40 ICDs in some people with heart failure 1:40 Not helpful with overall death 2:40 If you can …
September 7, 2016 – No Beta Blockers
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Anchor lead: Beta blockers may not be for you, Elizabeth Tracey reports Beta blockers may actually cause more harm than good in some people who’ve had stents placed in their hearts, a recent study found, particularly elderly people. Michael Blaha, …