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This week’s topics include ultra-long acting insulin, dressed up veggies, lithium during pregnancy, and a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:38 How veggies are described and consumption 1:35 Indulgent description improved choice 2:46 Education and cardiovascular disease …

PodMed – Week of June 19, 2017 Read more »

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Anchor lead: How does smoking lead to harm for fetuses? Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone knows that pregnant women shouldn’t smoke, with a Johns Hopkins study under the direction of Kristen Voegtline perhaps identifying one way cigarette smoke exposure may harm …

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This week’s topics include physician age and outcomes, abortion via telemedicine, age to begin screening for cardiovascular disease, and vaccination of travelers. Program notes: 0:31 Physician age and patient outcomes 1:30 Lower for physicians under 40 2:30 More up to …

PodMed – Week of May 22, 2017 Read more »

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This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also …

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This week’s topics include risks of gestational diabetes, managing low back pain, ED physician opioid prescribing, and cooling the scalp for chemotherapy. Program notes: 0:34 Risk of gestational diabetes to infant 1:33 Needing a C-section increased 2:32 Managing low back …

PodMed – Week of February 20, 2017 Read more »