PodMed – Week of September 22, 2014 – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

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This week’s topics include Ebola face to face, the best way to diagnose kidney stones in the ED, spinal manipulation for sciatica, and generic versus trade name statins.

Program notes:

0:31 Ebola Face to Face
1:31 Takes about five minutes to put on the gear
2:33 To see what it is to be on the ground there
3:32 Lots of community stigma
4:30 Need to ramp up efforts
4:50 Diagnosing kidney stones in the ED
5:50 Sonograms is lower cost and radiation
6:32 Generic versus brand name statins
7:32 Average out of pocket cost
7:52 Spinal manipulation for sciatica
8:50 More relief with spinal manipulation
10:04 End