Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
August 23, 2016 – Best Amount
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Anchor lead: Do we really know how much physical activity is best? Elizabeth Tracey reports All of your physical activity during the day counts when you calculate METs, or metabolic equivalent tasks, simply defined as a comparison to how much …
August 22, 2016 – METs
PodMed – Week of August 15, 2016
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This week’s topics include the impact of exercise on chronic medical conditions, more ICU care and outcomes, m-health and diabetes, and insurance status and cancer outcomes. 0:36 Diabetes and m-health 1:38 Text messaging improved eating behaviors 2:38 Long term impact? …
August 19, 2016 -Alternatives
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Anchor lead: What medication choices exist for women following breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ten years of aromatase inhibitors, a class of estrogen depleting medications used in women with the most common type of breast cancer, works better than taking …
August 18, 2016 -Duration of Treatment
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Anchor lead: How long should women take hormone treatments after breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Women who’ve had the most common type of breast cancer often take hormone therapy for years to prevent recurrence, but how long should that go …
PodMed – Week of August 8, 2016
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This week’s topics include genetics and asthma, obesity and diabetes among identical twins, a Zika update, and remote monitoring of patients. Program notes: 0:30 Zika and contraception use 1:34 In places with Zika risk are women using contraception 2:28 Some …