Category: Obesity
October 17, 2017 – Endobarrier
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Anchor lead: Can a new device replace the traditional gastric bypass surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports A device to treat obesity known as an ‘Endobarrier’ is producing good results in helping people lose weight and manage their diabetes better, a study …
October 16, 2017 – Bariatric Surgery
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Anchor lead: What can following people for 12 years tell us about bariatric surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports The most common type of weight loss, or bariatric surgery, known as gastric bypass, really does work, a study following about a thousand …
PodMed – Week of September 25, 2017
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This week’s topics include physician assisted suicide, preventing infection post-C-section in obese women, 12 year outcomes of bariatric surgery, and death among triathletes. Program notes: 0:46 Triathlon events and death 1:43 Half with previously unknown cardiac problems 2:43 Trouble in …
August 23, 2017 – Early Intervention
PodMed – Week of June 26, 2017
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This week’s topics include international obesity, a lack of benefit to self-monitoring glucose, driving and ADHD, and antibiotic use in the hospital and adverse events. Program notes: 0:50 Lack of benefit relative to glucose self-monitoring 1:55 No difference in hemoglobin …
PodMed – Week of April 10, 2017
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This week’s topics include weight and mortality, normal BMI and cardiovascular risk factors, flu vaccination and mortality in kids, and an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Flu vaccination and death in children 1:35 About a fourth of …