Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

PodMed – Week of April 13, 2015

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Chronic Disease, Exercise, Heart And Vascular, PodMed, Surgery

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This week’s topics include open versus microsurgical laminectomy, PT versus surgery for lumbar issues, sudden cardiac death and exercise, benefits of leisure time, moderate or vigorous exercise on mortality, and height and coronary artery disease. Program notes: 0:35 Height and …

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April 17, 2015 – Cancer and MRI

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Can a new technique improve the ability of MRI to detect cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports A specific property of cancer cells has been exploited by Jeff Bulte, an MRI expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, to help the …

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April 16, 2015 – Generic Insulin

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Diabetes, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Why don’t we have a generic insulin in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports Insulin can be very expensive, with some people citing the price as the reason they don’t use insulin as directed and their diabetes isn’t …

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April 15, 2015 – Generic Dearth

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: What has led to the shortage of generic drugs? Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s easy to call the skyrocketing prices of generic drugs a simple case of greed on the part of manufacturers. But Jeremy Greene, an internal medicine …

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April 14, 2015 – Test at Home?

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Heart And Vascular

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Anchor lead: Is it possible to use a new treadmill test developed by cardiologists to assess your own health? Elizabeth Tracey reports Just using data from a simple treadmill test has allowed Johns Hopkins cardiologists led by Haitham Ahmed to …

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April 13, 2015 – Treadmill Data

Posted on April 10, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Heart And Vascular

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Anchor lead: Treadmill stress tests analyzed a new way help physicians predict death risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports Data from almost 60,000 treadmill stress tests have revealed a new way of assessing your risk of dying from any cause in the …

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PodMed- Week of April 6, 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015 Posted in All Podcasts, Diet, Infectious diseases, PodMed, Spine, Shoulder And Pelvis Disorders

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This week’s topics include apple consumption and physician visits, Ebola vaccine, acetaminophen and low back pain, and the diseases and conditions afflicting Brunis edwardii. Program notes: 0:44 Ebola vaccine 1:44 No adverse effects noted 2:44 Need more rigorous trials 3:44 …

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