Category: Vaccines
PodMed – Week of May 22, 2017
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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 …
April 10, 2017 – Adult Shots
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Anchor lead: Too many adults aren’t up to date on immunizations, Elizabeth Tracey reports While most children are up to date on many immunizations, a distressingly large number of adults are not, a recent study found. Patricia Davidson, dean of …
PodMed – Week of April 10, 2017
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This week’s topics include weight and mortality, normal BMI and cardiovascular risk factors, flu vaccination and mortality in kids, and an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Flu vaccination and death in children 1:35 About a fourth of …
PodMed – Week of August 22, 2016
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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 …
August 1, 2106 – Meningitis Vaccine
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Anchor lead: How well does a new vaccine against meningitis work? Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s every parent’s nightmare: a meningitis outbreak where your college student goes to school. Now a new study reports on how well a candidate vaccine …
July 25,2016 – HPV Cancers
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Anchor lead: Even as rates of many cancer types are falling, one keeps rising, Elizabeth Tracey reports Human papilloma viruses cause cancer, and that’s why a vaccine has been developed against the most common cancer causing types. Yet new data …