PodMed – Week of April 17, 2017http://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/04/14/podmed-week-of-april-17-2017/

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This week’s topics include deaths relative to diabetes, increases in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US youth, the benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain, and draft recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening.

Program notes:

0:40 Prostate cancer screening
1:38 Clinicians should inform on risks and benefits
2:40 Outcomes for 1000 men over 13 years
3:44 Benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain
4:44 Probably higher cost
5:29 Deaths due to type 1 and type 2 diabetes
6:30 40% reduction for those with type 1
7:30 Validates HbA1c?
8:00 Diabetes in youths
9:00 Increase of about 5%
10:20 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/04/14/the-benefits-of-chiropractic/