May 30, 2016 – Telemedicine and Urgent Care
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Anchor lead: Should you choose telemedicine if you need medical care urgently? Elizabeth Tracey reports Telemedicine has proven really helpful for many people, including those with things like Parkinson’s disease, some skin conditions, and psychiatric visits in underserved areas. But …
PodMed – Week of May 30, 2016
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This week’s topics include metabolic surgery, talking with patients about advanced cancer, sodium in those with kidney disease, and blood pressure in the elderly. Program notes: 0:34 Blood pressure lowering in elderly 1:31 Blood pressure below 120 2:34 Intensive required …
PodMed – Week of May 23, 2016
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This week’s topics include tai chi for knee osteoarthritis, silent MIs, improved lung cancer screening, and physicians inquiries about guns. Program notes: 0:41 Guns in the home and physician inquiry 1:44 Individual risk factors 2:44 Would death be avoided if …
May 27, 2016 – Regional Team
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Anchor lead: How can harms for emergency surgeries be reduced? Elizabeth Tracey reports Seven operations account for the majority of complications, costs and death associated with emergency surgery, a recent study found. Robert Higgins, director of surgery at Johns Hopkins, …
May 26, 2016 – Seven Surgeries
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Anchor lead: Just a few surgeries top the list for emergencies and deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports A mere seven operations top the list for common procedures performed as emergencies, and also account for 80 percent of deaths, costs relative to …
May 25, 2016 – CMV Vaccine
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Anchor lead: Can public awareness drive a vaccine for CMV infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a problem, but possibly even greater is cytomegalovirus, or CMV, research by Ravit Boger, a pediatric infectious disease expert at …