PodMed – Week of August 14, 2017

This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment.

Program notes:

0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine?

1:31 Reformulation of nasal type

2:27 Studies to find out why nasal isn’t working

3:12 Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancers

4:11 Over 20,000 subjects

5:12 Screen about 590 to find one cancer

5:42 Primary care and hepatitis C treatment

6:42 Group of patients hardest to treat

7:42 Effective training

8:00 Aortic valve replacement and stroke

9:01 MRI and other side effects

10:31 End

Related blog:https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/08/14/nasal-flu-vaccine-ineffectiveness/