Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
PodMed – Week of June 27, 2016
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This week’s topics include sudden cardiac death in youth, novel anticoagulants, dietary habits of Americans, and plant-based therapies for menopausal symptoms. Program notes: 0:30 Comprehensive look at dietary habits of Americans 1:30 Less processed meat 2:34 Worth undertaking 2:52 Global …
June 2016 – Cancer News Review
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In this month's Cancer News Review, Kimmel Cancer Center director Bill Nelson discusses various environmental risks for cancer and an immunotherapy strategy using polio. Program notes: 0:24 Exercise and cancer risk 1:21 Melanoma increased risk 2:15 Air pollution and cancer …
PodMed – Week of June 20, 2016
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This week’s topics include the mortality benefit of whole grains, changes to primary care practices that don’t seem to have helped, weight loss drugs, and reducing cardiovascular outcomes in people with diabetes and kidney compromise. Program notes: 0:32 Whole grain …
June 24, 2016 – Use for Ketamine
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Anchor lead: Could ketamine be used instead of opioids for relieving pain? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ketamine, an inexpensive and effective agent used for anesthesia during surgery, may also have a role in pain relief afterward, a recent study finds. Kevin …
June 23, 2016 – Ketamine and Pain
June 22, 2016 – MGG
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Anchor lead: Will you be the beneficiary of an outreach called Medicine for the Greater Good? Elizabeth Tracey reports Medicine for the Greater Good is an outreach effort by physicians and physicians in training to meet people where they are, …