PodMed – Week of May 4, 2015
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This week’s topics include neonatal abstinence syndrome, early HPV vaccination, new vaccine for herpes zoster, and IVC filters for pulmonary embolism. Program notes: 0:36 HPV vaccination 1:36 Reduced risk of dysplasia 2:30 Parents underestimate child’s sexual experience 3:01 New herpes …
PodMed – Week of April 27, 2015
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This week’s topics include autism and vaccines, oral insulin and diabetes prevention, management of first time seizures in adults, and long term effects of Ebola virus infection. Program notes: 0:40 Vaccines and autism 1:44 Looked at over 95,000 children 2:45 …
May 1, 2015 – Patient Engagement
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Anchor lead: Getting patients involved pays off, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patients who had spinal surgery and engaged in a telephone intervention designed to help them stay on track with their postoperative physical therapy experienced less pain and improved functioning six …
April 30, 2015 – Better Outcomes
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Anchor lead: A simple telephone intervention may improve orthopedic surgery outcomes, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you knew you could improve your outcome from spinal surgery with just a few phone calls, would you do it? That was exactly the outcome …
April 29, 2015 – New Antidepressant?
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Anchor lead: Could psychedelic drugs be used to treat depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Contrary to popular belief, psychedelic drugs not only don’t cause mood disorders, they are actually associated with a decreased risk of developing them. That’s according to a …
April 28, 2015 – Psychedelics and Mood Disorders
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Anchor lead: Does use of psychedelic drugs case depression or other mood disorders? Elizabeth Tracey reports Psilocybin and other hallucinogenic drugs have long been associated with the potential for causing depression or other mood disorders, but a study by Matthew …
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