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PodMed is a weekly podcast looking at the top medical stories of the week for people who want to become informed participants in their own health care. With Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange M.D., professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and vice chairman of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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All podcasts from 2012 - 2005 have been moved to there archived pages. 2013 podcasts can be found below.
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| This week’s topics include surgery versus PT for meniscal repairs, dangers of azithromycin, HIV screening recommendations, and allergies in kids in the US and elsewhere. Program notes: 0:39 Meniscal tears and PT 1:39 Surgery or PT and could cross over to surgery 2:39 70% responded to PT alone 3:30 Heart risk of azithromycin 4:31 Compared to no antibiotics and to penicillin 5:28 Limit to people with low risk of cardiovascular risk 6:10 Kids move to US and become allergic 7:10 Environmental and infectious exposures and less allergy 8:10 What are they missing in exposure in US? 8:33 USPSTF recommendations on HIV 9:33 Routine test 10:50 End | ||
| This week’s topics include H7N9, diabetes report card, valproate and autism, and worms in Chinese schoolchildren. Program notes: 0:42 Worm burden in Chinese schoolchildren 1:37 Reinfection common 2:40 Culturally relevant 2:53 Diabetes report card 3:53 No gain at all in preventing smoking 4:53 Prevention still best 5:29 H7N9 6:30 CDC recommendations 7:32 Key right now is surveillance 8:05 Valproate and autism 9:06 Over 5000 with autism spectrum disorder 10:29 End | ||
| This week’s topics include glutamine and antioxidants in ICU patients, CT scans to diagnose osteoporosis, childhood migraine and colic, and chronic kidney disease predictors. Program notes: 0:44 Glutamine and antioxidants in ICU patients 1:45 28 day mortality 2:49 Even things that looked benign may be harmful 3:21 CT scanning and osteoporosis diagnosis 4:21 Looked at paired CT and DEXA scans 5:25 Utilize scan for another purpose 5:40 Chronic kidney disease predictors 6:40 Need studies to help define risk 7:17 Colic and migraine 8:17 Association seen between them 9:10 May be that melatonin can help 10:09 End | ||
| This week’s topics include carnitine and red meat, controlling the childhood obesity problem, PSA screening guidelines, and walking versus running benefits. Program notes: 0:35 Running versus walking 1:36 Equivalent energy expenditure results in same risk reduction 2:36 VO2 max not as important 2:54 Carnitine and red meat 3:50 Meat eaters versus vegans 4:50 Supplements may not be a good idea 5:55 PSA guideline update 6:55 One death prevented for every 1000 screened 7:57 Decided not to have PSA screening 8:27 Childhood obesity, eating frequency, school meals 9:33 Benefit in small, more frequent meals 10:42 End | ||
This week’s topics include omega-3 levels and mortality, duloxetine for chemotherapy induced nerve pain, costs of dementia, and statin discontinuation. Program notes: 0:34 Discontinuation of statins | ||
| This week’s topics include off pump coronary artery bypass surgery, under the tongue immunotherapy, vitamin D and pregnancy outcomes, and chelation therapy after heart attack. Program notes: 2:01 Sublingual immunotherapy 3:01 Strong for improving asthma symptoms 4:01 Can avoid sitting in office after injection 4:18 Chelation therapy after heart attack 5:18 Very modest benefit with this therapy 6:13 Not sufficient evidence to recommend 7:01 Off pump CABG 8:01 No significant difference in off pump versus on pump 8:54 Vitamin D levels during pregnancy 9:45 Did not report on confounders 10:34 End | ||
| This week's topics include using DNA to track metastatic breast cancer, radiation dangers to the heart following cancer treatment, atherosclerosis in mummies, and inappropriate screening colonoscopy. Program notes: 0:53 Atherosclerosis in mummies 1:47 About a third of all types of mummies had it 2:47 Exists in disparate populations 3:31 Heart disease following radiotherapy for breast cancer 4:28 Dose related increase in risk of heart disease 5:28 Aggressively modify risk factors 6:01 Monitoring circulating DNA to check metastasis 7:01 Detect tumor DNA in 29 of 30 8:00 Inappropriate screening colonoscopy in older people 9:00 23% were inappropriate 10:01 Dam studies: doesn't apply to me 10:32 End | ||
| This week’s topics include a lack of benefit in sildenafil and heart failure, pertussis uptick, MRI and back pain, and family members presence during CPR. Program notes: 0:36 MRI and back pain assessment 1:36 Patients spontaneous improvement 2:35 Inflammation resolution solves 3:14 CPR and family presence 4:14 Offered opportunity to witness CPR 5:16 Only 4% survived 6:15 Transparency can be helpful 6:37 Pertussis increase 7:31 First cohort to receive acellular vaccine 8:34 Adults recommended booster 9:12 Sildenafil and a type of heart failure 10:35 End | ||
| This week’s topics include endovascular treatment of stroke, Internet searches and drug side effects, HIV infection and heart attack risk, and a new drug resistant gut bug. Program notes: 1:02 Using Internet searches to find negative drug effects 2:02 Individuals who looked at two drugs together were found 3:02 Lots to learn from searches or tweets 3:39 Endovascular management of strokes 4:39 Three studies showed no better outcome 5:38 Apply therapy as quickly as possible 6:30 Emerging GI bug 7:30 Mortality as high as 40 to 50% 8:01 HIV infection and MI risk 9:01 Something else accounts for increased risk 10:09 End | ||
| This week’s topics include synthetic marijuana, new anticlotting agents, recommendations on vitamin D, and HIV and liver damage. Program notes: 0:37 Synthetic marijuana 1:32 Increased heart rate, blood pressure, now kidney injury 2:33 May have chronic injury in future 3:10 Supplementation with vitamin D 4:10 Do not reduce fractures and do increase kidney stones 5:01 HIV and liver disease 6:02 Have liver fibrosis a decade earlier 7:00 DVT prevention 8:00 Dabigatran and apixaban 9:00 Self monitoring with coumadin 10:27 End | ||
| This week’s topics include robotic gyn surgery, telomere length and respiratory infection, volume resuscitation with starch, and a new device for GERD. Program notes: 0:30 Telomeres and upper respiratory infection 1:32 Challenged with virus, shorter the telomere the more likely to become infected 2:30 Older individuals were more likely to have shorter telomeres and infection 3:05 Robots for routine hysterectomy 4:05 No better outcome or complication rate 4:30 A device for GERD 5:30 100 people treated 6:20 Initial difficulty swallowing 6:55 Replacing blood volume using starch 7:50 Many studies retracted 8:50 Studies must be validated 9:16 End | ||
| This week’s topics include the dangers of calcium supplements for women, folic acid and autism, consumer pricing of hip surgery, and H.pylori treatment in Latin America. Program notes: 0:48 Dangers of calcium supplements 1:42 Total calcium intake both dietary and supplemental 2:42 Biological plausibility 3:22 Folic acid and autism 4:24 85,000 children 5:23 May be increasing incidence of autism 5:57 True price of hip replacement 6:55 For those that could provide a price the range was huge 7:57 Risk of recurrent H. pylori infection in Latin America 8:58 Recurrence in about 11% 10:14 End | ||
This week’s topics include myths about obesity, adult immunization update, diabetes management in kids, and antidepressants and an EKG abnormality. Program notes: 0:26 Adult immunization schedule update 1:30 MMR not necessary 2:30 Flu vaccine reduces severity of disease 3:00 Managing diabetes in children 4:00 Medications right from the start 5:01 When kids get it they develop complications earlier 5:15 Impact of some antidepressants on heart function 6:15 Dose response relationship with three drugs 7:07 Myths regarding obesity 8:08 Myths, presumptions or facts 9:08 Fact that exercise helps 9:55 End | ||
| This week’s topics include dual therapy for high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, delayed versus immediate repair of the anterior cruciate ligament, antibiotics for severe malnutrition, and prostatectomy versus radiation for localized prostate cancer. Program notes: 0:32 Delayed or immediate repair of ACL? 1:33 After five years no difference and 50% avoided surgery 2:30 There is no harm in delayed surgical strategy 3:14 Dual strategy targeting renin-angiotensin system 4:14 No benefit to dual therapy 5:13 Angiotensin receptor blockers 5:45 Antibiotics for severe malnutrition 6:45 Reduced mortality up to 44% 7:18 Prostatectomy versus radiation for prostate cancer 8:14 Prostatectomy fives times more likely to have incontinence 9:07 Intermediate assessment help inform decision 10:05 End | ||
| This week’s topics include 30 day readmissions, chicken soup and melamine, hearing loss and cognitive decline, and screening for partner violence. Program notes: 0:29 Chicken soup and melamine 1:30 Eight fold higher in melamine cookware 2:30 Should raise suspicion to ask questions 3:02 Cognitive decline and hearing loss 4:02 What is exactly the relationship? 5:02 Hearing loss accelerates the likelihood that you’ll have cognitive decline 6:07 Screening for intimate partner violence 7:08 Women of childbearing age should be screened 8:11 Thirty day readmission rates 9:12 Analyzed Medicare claims to see patterns 10:02 Need to refocus how we gauge quality of care 10:51 End | ||
| This week’s topics include fecal infusion for Clostridium difficile infection, persistence of cough, best injection site for children, and detecting alcohol abuse. Program notes: 0:40 How long should a cough persist? 1:40 Lasted an average of 17.8 days 2:45 Is a patient having an alcohol problem? 3:42 Physicians were compared with questionnaire 4:43 Should be a routine part of visit 5:01 Best site for routine immunizations 6:01 Great if we can come up with something else 6:20 Probiotics for Clostridium difficile 7:20 Infusion of fecal material into duodenum 8:20 Measured the microflora 9:20 Very effective 10:14 End | ||
| This week’s topics include IUD for heavy menstrual bleeding, alcohol use in women and teenagers, vitamin D and osteoarthritis, and resistant gonorrhea in North America. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding 1:30 2/3 of women continued treatment with IUD 2:30 MMWR binge drinking in females 3:30 One in three high school girls report drinking 4:33 Treatment resistant gonorrhea 5:36 Cephalosporins no longer effective 6:31 Condoms should be used 7:00 Vitamin D and osteroarthritis 8:00 Vitamin D supplements didn’t help knee pain 9:00 What about prophylaxis? 9:46 End | ||
| This week’s topics include SSRIs and infant risk, fructose and the brain, BMI and mortality, and transfusion in gastrointestinal bleeding. Program notes: 0:30 BMI and mortality 1:30 Obesity graded 2:32 Pretty convincing meta-analysis 3:26 BMI tables misleading 4:04 Transfusions and GI bleeding 5:01 Restrictive strategy led to better outcomes 6:01 Almost eliminated infections relative to transfusions 7:01 Fructose in the brain 8:08 In moderation 8:20 SSRIs in pregnancy and infant outcomes 9:21 No significant association between drugs and stillbirth 10:49 End | ||
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