Category: Prevention

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Breast Health, Cancer, Geriatrics, PodMed, Prevention, Respiratory Disorders, Surgery
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This week’s topics include changing therapy with a genetic assessment of breast cancer, outcomes from hernia repair, a new agent for osteoporosis, and syncope and pulmonary embolism. Program notes: 0:30 Results of hernia repair 1:32 Either mesh, or routine surgery …

PodMed – Week of October 24, 2016 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Heart And Vascular, Infectious diseases, PodMed, Prevention, Vaccines
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This week’s topics include a look at beta blockers, intranasal flu vaccine efficacy, acetaminophen during pregnancy, and a new osteoporosis treatment. Program notes: 0:32 Intranasal flu vaccine versus intramuscular vaccine 1:34 Studied in Hutterites 2:32 Previously thought more effective in …

PodMed – Week of August 22, 2016 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Diabetes, Genetics, Infectious diseases, Obesity, Patient Care, PodMed, Pregnancy, Prevention
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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 …

PodMed – Week of August 8, 2016 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Diet, Heart And Vascular, PodMed, Prevention
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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 …

PodMed – Week of June 20, 2016 Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Death and Dying, Diabetes, Heart And Vascular, PodMed, Prevention, Research
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This week’s topics include reducing suicide, CABG plus medicines for some people, risk following TIA, and metformin first for type 2 diabetes. Program notes: 0:32 Look at a multitude of strategies to prevent suicide 1:32 16 different services implemented 2:32 …

PodMed – Week of April 25, 2016 Read more »