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This week’s topics include early adulthood weight gain and outcomes, the dangers of artificial sweeteners, an opioid reduction strategy, and consequences of reduced readmissions. Program notes: 0:33 Artificial sweeteners 1:33 Really not effective at reducing BMI 2:32 Best to avoid …

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This week’s topics include diet quality and longevity, health and coffee, treating depression, and prostatectomy in early prostate cancer. Program notes: 0:33 Coffee drinking and longevity 1:33 Over 185,000 people followed in one study 2:32 Can’t advocate for a type …

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This week’s topics include comparison of two types of insulin, reduced sudden cardiac death in heart failure, ADHD and educational achievement, and fasting versus consistent caloric restriction in weight loss and cholesterol. Program notes: 0:37 Fasting and weight loss 1:40 …

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This week’s topics include a novel vaccine delivery method, aspirin and preeclampsia, air pollution and mortality in seniors, and exercise and dementia. Program notes: 0:48 Acknowledge our listeners 1:48 Novel way to deliver flu vaccine 2:50 Side effects and effectiveness …

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This week’s topics include international obesity, a lack of benefit to self-monitoring glucose, driving and ADHD, and antibiotic use in the hospital and adverse events. Program notes: 0:50 Lack of benefit relative to glucose self-monitoring 1:55 No difference in hemoglobin …

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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 …

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This week’s topics include patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival, negative impact of alcohol consumption, lymph node dissection in melanoma, and significance of small aneurysms in brain. 0:32 Patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival 1:34 Reported to nurse …

PodMed – Week of June 12, 2017 Read more »