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This week's topics include treating adolescent depression, self management of hypertension, transmissibility of MERS, and cardiovascular events around the world. Program notes: 0:31 Self management of high blood pressure 1:30 Increase or decrease medications themselves 2:30 Estimated 20% of people …

PodMed – Week of September 1, 2014 Read more »

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This week’s topics include a new drug for MDR TB, concussion in adolescent girls, cancer screening in the elderly, and smoking cessation after hospital discharge. Program notes: 0:35 Cancer screening in the elderly 1:35 31 to 55% of high mortality …

PodMed – Week of August 25, 2014 Read more »

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This week’s topics include salt and hypertension, Chikungunya in the US, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colorectal cancer, and BMI and cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Exhaustive studies on salt and high blood pressure 1:35 Salt intake, cardiovascular disease and mortality 2:35 Natural …

PodMed- Week of August 18, 2014 Read more »

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Anchor lead:  The vast majority of antibiotics are used in animal feed and probably shouldn’t be, Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotics can remain in animal feed and under the purview of the FDA, a federal court recently ruled.  This judgment disappoints …

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This week’s topics include diagnosing Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, brief drug interactions don’t help, Ebola update, and immunonutrition. Program notes: 0:37 Creutzfeldt Jakob disease diagnosis 1:36 How can it be detected? 2:36 Infection control implications 3:34 For targeted folks who may …

PodMed – Week of August 11, 2014 Read more »