PodMed – Week of June 9, 2014

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This week's topics include child maltreatment in the US, statins and diabetes risk, colorectal cancer screening in the elderly, and the effectiveness of early stroke thrombolysis in a community setting.

Program notes:

0:34 Rate of child maltreatment in the US
1:31 Estimate proportion of children with confirmed maltreatment
2:31 So many very young children
3:31 Should raise red flag for providers
3:41 Colorectal cancer screening in elderly
4:42 In unscreened is effective
5:45 Community based cohort and benefit of thrombolysis in stroke
6:45 Surveyed hospitals in Germany
7:45 Use of MRI to predict
8:45 Statins and diabetes risk
9:45 Absolute risk is low
10:45 End