PodMed – Week of March 13, 2017

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This week’s topics include how often women need pelvic exams, what we can learn from the oldest old, mouse allergens and asthma, and cardiometabolic death and diet.

Program notes:

0 :30 Learning from the oldest old
1:30 Physical performance and cognitive function
2:30 Living longer but more frail
2:50 Pelvic exam interval
3:52 Abandoning altogether
4:51 Routine screening every five years
5:28 Mouse allergen reduction and asthma
6:28 Professional cleaning versus self activity
7:29 Less cost
8:07 Cardiometabolic death and diet
9:07 Almost half due to diet
10:37 End

Related blog:https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/03/10/studying-the-oldest-old/