April 27, 2017 – History Best
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Anchor lead: Family history may be key to prescribing healthy interventions, Elizabeth Tracey reports Your family history can help your physician to easily recognize some of your health risks and discuss things to lower your risk, without the need for …
April 26, 2017 – Mouse Models
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Anchor lead: Are mice really any use in medical research? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mice are under fire in the scientific community lately, with detractors pointing out that discoveries made in this animal model rarely make the transition to utility in …
April 25, 2017 – Physician Burnout
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Anchor lead: A new survey says most docs would choose medicine again, Elizabeth Tracey reports Burnout among medical professionals, especially doctors, is much in the news lately, but now a new survey undertaken by the American Medical Association reveals that …
April 24, 2017 – Solving Disparity
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Anchor lead: How can salary disparities between physicians be overcome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Recent release of 2016 analysis of physician salaries reveals that gaps remain between men and women doctors, in some cases very large gaps. Janice Clements, Vice Dean …
PodMed – Week of April 24, 2017
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This week’s topics include the dangers of short term corticosteroids, troponin assay for assessing MI, azithromycin and arrhythmia, and eye screening intervals for people with diabetes. Program notes: 0:33 Short term corticosteroids and consequences 1:32 20% got a prescription for …
April 21, 2017 – Cancer and Entropy
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Anchor lead: Cancer cells may utilize epigenetic changes even more than normal cells, Elizabeth Tracey reports DNA is modified by actual changes in the sequence, known as mutations, and by so-called epigenetic changes, which use certain chemical groups to turn …