PodMed – Week of July 4, 2016

This week’s topics include end of life care in a spectrum of illness, dementia and blood transfusions, coprescribing of naloxone with opioids, and treatment of binge eating disorder.

Program notes:

0:31 End of life treatments

1:32 Compared with cancer

2:33 Advancing disease apparent

3:28 Must bring to our attention

4:05 Naloxone coprescription

5:05 47% fewer ED visits initially

6:00 Binge eating disorder and treatment

7:00 Therapist led CBT

7:45 Blood transfusions and dementia

8:46 At risk for neurodegenerative disorders

9:45 Is prion in blood?

10:43 End

Related blog: https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2016/07/02/end-of-life-care/