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This week’s topics include depression screening, colorectal cancer screening by mail, nicotine patches by mail, and malpractice claims. Program notes: 0:38 Colorectal screening by mail 1:35 FIT cards mailed 2:37 Less invasive for initial screen 3:17 Mailing nicotine patches 4:18 …

PodMed – Week of February 1, 2016 Read more »

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This week’s topics include low value screening tests, planned at home births, brain death, and opioid prescription after overdose. Program notes: 0:38 Brain death nationally 1:40 Every hospital that would declare brain death 2:39 Family advocates 3:01 Women who deliver …

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This week’s topics include PrEP, appropriate Caesarean rates, methylphenidate in ADHD, and management of obstructive sleep apnea. Program notes: 0:37 Look at prn PrEP 1:40 Followed for nine months 2:34 Can increase compliance with the medication 3:20 Appropriate rate of …

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This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid supplements and neural tube defects 1:38 Significant drop with fortification 2:36 Maybe found …

PodMed – Week of November 30, 2015 Read more »

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This week’s topics include calcium supplements, chemotherapy during pregnancy, cardiometabolic impact of obesity in children, and a low nicotine cigarette. Program notes: 0:31 Low nicotine cigarette 1:32 Attempted to prove that nicotine addicts 2:30 FDA should regulate nicotine level 3:26 …

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This week’s topics include trans fats, testosterone supplements and atherosclerosis, frozen versus fresh oocytes, and cardiac troponin measurement in people with diabetes and cardiac risk. Program notes: 0:35 Trans versus saturated fats 1:35 Trans fats increased risk for cardiovascular disease …

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This week’s topics include seat belts and motor vehicle fatalities, lupus in pregnancy, antibiotics for acute appendicitis, and the impact of knee arthroscopy. Program notes: 0:35 Antibiotics for appendicitis 1:32 Uncomplicated acute appendicitis 2:32 Waiting had no negative consequence 3:24 …

PodMed – Week of June 22, 2015 Read more »