PodMed – Week of August 8, 2016

This week’s topics include genetics and asthma, obesity and diabetes among identical twins, a Zika update, and remote monitoring of patients.

Program notes:

0:30 Zika and contraception use

1:34 In places with Zika risk are women using contraception

2:28 Some of it is cultural or access issues

3:22 Genetics, environment and asthma

4:22 Amish have traditional farms

5:23 Powerful and creative study

6:21 Twin study and obesity consequences

7:22 What does this tell us about diabetes and heart disease?

8:11 Remote monitoring

9:12 Way to get the alarms off the floor

10:38 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2016/08/05/genetics-environment-and-asthma/