PodMed – Week of October 5, 2015

This week’s topics include calcium supplements, chemotherapy during pregnancy, cardiometabolic impact of obesity in children, and a low nicotine cigarette.

Program notes:

0:31 Low nicotine cigarette

1:32 Attempted to prove that nicotine addicts

2:30 FDA should regulate nicotine level

3:26 No significant withdrawal

4:00 Childhood obesity and risk

5:00 Three stratifications based on weight

6:00 Need to intervene early

6:27 Pregnancy and cancer treatment

7:27 Looked at outcomes in 129 children

8:25 Calcium supplements?

9:26 Meta-analysis

10:35 End

Related blog:http://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2015/10/02/low-nicotine-cigarettes/