PodMed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

PodMed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts episodes:

• 10.27.2017

  PodMed – Week of October 30, 2017

  This week’s topics include health and wealth, gun show sales and gun injury, management of epilepsy, and outcomes relative to robotic surgery. Program notes: 0:34 Today is last PodMed 1:19 Epilepsy management 2:19 Not a single type of surgery 3:16 Identify the focus 3:30 Robotic surgery...

  
• 10.20.2017

  PodMed – Week of October 20, 2017

  This week’s topics include Medicare spending on frail elderly, resorbable stents, men with HPV, and procalcitonin to assess antibiotic need. Program notes: 0:41 Looking at procalcitonin to determine antibiotic use 1:42 Improve or worsen survival 2:40 Point of care testing 2:54 Stents that resorb 3:52 First...

  
• 10.13.2017

  PodMed – Week of October 16, 2017

  This week’s topics include predicting mortality in those with congestive heart failure, bystander CPR impact, best management of stable COPD, and NOACs and bleeding risk. Program notes: 0:50 NOACs and bleeding risk 1:51 Also taking other medicines increased risk 2:49 Physicians need to know 3:18...

  
• 10.06.2017

  PodMed – Week of October 9, 2017

  This week’s topics include how the Zika virus changed, outcomes after surgery and health literacy, e-cigarettes and healthcare costs, and a reaction to tattooing. Program notes: 0:36 Case report of an outcome after a tattoo 1:32 Reaction to the tattoo ink but not...

  
• 09.29.2017

  PodMed – Week of October 2, 2017

  This week’s topics include aspirin discontinuation risks, HIV in those 50 and older, big data and chronic lung disease, and genetic testing and warfarin use. Program notes: 0:34 Genetic testing and warfarin dosing 1:35 Looked at genetics to determine 2:33 Other agents for blood...

  
• 09.22.2017

  PodMed – Week of September 25, 2017

  This week’s topics include physician assisted suicide, preventing infection post-C-section in obese women, 12 year outcomes of bariatric surgery, and death among triathletes. Program notes: 0:46 Triathlon events and death 1:43 Half with previously unknown cardiac problems 2:43 Trouble in water harder to resuscitate 3:36...

  
• 09.15.2017

  PodMed – Week of September 18, 2017

  This week’s topics include hospital factors relative to readmission, hormone therapy, lymph node dissection in breast cancer, and the cost of bringing a new drug to market. Program notes: 0:32 Cost of R and D versus profit in new drugs 1:32 Took 7.3...

  
• 09.07.2017

  PodMed – Week of September 11, 2017

  This week’s topics include a new antibody for asthma, early treatment in COPD, mumps vaccine to curtail an outbreak, and medical exemptions from routine vaccinations. Program notes: 0:38 Avoiding vaccines with medical exemptions 1:38 More people who are vaccinated the less likely an...

  
• 09.01.2017

  PodMed – Week of September 4, 2017

  This week’s topics include the right medications for a subset of people with heart disease, the PURE study, inflammation and heart disease, and the impact of neighborhoods on cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:47 PURE study 1:47 Fats and animal protein associated with lower...

  
• 08.24.2017

  PodMed – Week of August 28, 2017

  This week’s topics include advance directive impact, approval of high risk medical devices by FDA, maintenance of certification for physicians, and cardiovascular disease impact of a new agent for type 2 diabetes. Program notes: 0:37 Positive impact of advance directives 1:34 78% died...

  
• 08.18.2017

  PodMed – Week of August 21, 2017

  This week’s topics include outcomes for payment, on- or off-pump CABG, cannabis for pain or PTSD, and the cognitive impact of a PCSK-9 inhibitor. Program notes: 0:41 Cannabis and pain or PTSD 1:41 May alleviate neuropathic pain in some 2:44...

  
• 08.11.2017

  PodMed – Week of August 14, 2017

  This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment. Program notes: 0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine? 1:31 Reformulation of nasal type...

  
• 08.04.2017

  PodMed – Week of August 7, 2017

  This week’s topics include antibody depletion for kidney transplantation, a way to reverse dabigatran, the costs of board certification, and opioid use in the US population. Program notes: 0:43 Fees for medical specialty board 1:45 Over $3000 2:46 Kidney transplantation...

  
• 07.28.2017

  PodMed – Week of July 31, 2017

  This week’s topics include football and CTE, discontinuing statins, intramuscular HIV meds, and long term risks of stroke and TIA. Program notes: 0:32 Stroke and TIA risk 1:35 Adverse outcomes five years later 2:35 Be aggressive about managing risk 3:24...

  
• 07.21.2017

  PodMed – Week of July 24, 2017

  This week’s topics include early adulthood weight gain and outcomes, the dangers of artificial sweeteners, an opioid reduction strategy, and consequences of reduced readmissions. Program notes: 0:33 Artificial sweeteners 1:33 Really not effective at reducing BMI 2:32 Best to avoid...

  
• 07.14.2017

  PodMed – Week of July 17, 2017

  This week’s topics include diet quality and longevity, health and coffee, treating depression, and prostatectomy in early prostate cancer. Program notes: 0:33 Coffee drinking and longevity 1:33 Over 185,000 people followed in one study 2:32 Can’t advocate for a type...

  
• 07.07.2017

  PodMed – Week of July 10, 2017

  This week’s topics include comparison of two types of insulin, reduced sudden cardiac death in heart failure, ADHD and educational achievement, and fasting versus consistent caloric restriction in weight loss and cholesterol. Program notes: 0:37 Fasting and weight loss 1:40...

  
• 06.30.2017

  PodMed – Week of July 3, 2017

  This week’s topics include a novel vaccine delivery method, aspirin and preeclampsia, air pollution and mortality in seniors, and exercise and dementia. Program notes: 0:48 Acknowledge our listeners 1:48 Novel way to deliver flu vaccine 2:50 Side effects and effectiveness...

  
• 06.23.2017

  PodMed – Week of June 26, 2017

  This week’s topics include international obesity, a lack of benefit to self-monitoring glucose, driving and ADHD, and antibiotic use in the hospital and adverse events. Program notes: 0:50 Lack of benefit relative to glucose self-monitoring 1:55 No difference in hemoglobin...

  
• 06.16.2017

  PodMed – Week of June 19, 2017

  This week’s topics include ultra-long acting insulin, dressed up veggies, lithium during pregnancy, and a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:38 How veggies are described and consumption 1:35 Indulgent description improved choice 2:46 Education and cardiovascular disease...

  
• 06.09.2017

  PodMed – Week of June 12, 2017

  This week’s topics include patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival, negative impact of alcohol consumption, lymph node dissection in melanoma, and significance of small aneurysms in brain. 0:32 Patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival 1:34 Reported to nurse...

  
• 06.02.2017

  PodMed – Week of June 5, 2017

  This week’s topics include treating resistant hepatitis C infection, a new regimen for breast cancer, evolution of non-small cell lung cancer, and minocycline for MS. Program notes: 0:44 Evolution of lung cancer 1:42 Did genetic analysis of whole tumor 2:42...

  
• 05.19.2017

  PodMed – Week of May 22, 2017

  This week’s topics include physician age and outcomes, abortion via telemedicine, age to begin screening for cardiovascular disease, and vaccination of travelers. Program notes: 0:31 Physician age and patient outcomes 1:30 Lower for physicians under 40 2:30 More up to...

  
• 05.12.2017

  PodMed – Week of May 15, 2107

  This week’s topics include cancer mutations in endometriosis, adverse events with novel agents approved by the FDA, a diet for gout, and the utility of the NHLBI database. Program notes: 0:32 Cancer mutations in endometrial tissue 1:30 Less than 1%...

  
• 05.05.2017

  PodMed – Week of May 8, 2017

  This week’s topics include lowering cholesterol and outcomes, a new agent for ulcerative colitis, handgun purchases after mass shooting events, and bystander CPR and long term outcomes. Program notes: 0:31 Handgun purchases after mass shootings 1:31 Tripled over time period...

  
• 04.28.2017

  PodMed – Week of May 1, 2017

  This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also...

  
• 04.21.2017

  PodMed – Week of April 24, 2017

  This week’s topics include the dangers of short term corticosteroids, troponin assay for assessing MI, azithromycin and arrhythmia, and eye screening intervals for people with diabetes. Program notes: 0:33 Short term corticosteroids and consequences 1:32 20% got a prescription for...

  
• 04.14.2017

  PodMed – Week of April 17, 2017http://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/04/14/podmed-week-of-april-17-2017/

  This week’s topics include deaths relative to diabetes, increases in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US youth, the benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain, and draft recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening. Program notes: 0:40 Prostate...

  
• 04.08.2017

  PodMed – Week of April 10, 2017

  This week’s topics include weight and mortality, normal BMI and cardiovascular risk factors, flu vaccination and mortality in kids, and an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Flu vaccination and death in children 1:35 About a fourth of...

  
• 03.31.2017

  PodMed – Week of April 3, 2017

  This week’s topics include a single novel prosthesis report, the benefits of knee replacement, resorbable stents, and health policy on opioid prescription and treatment for addiction. Program notes: 0:32 Stents that are bioresorbable 1:32 Typical metallic stent versus bioabsorbable 2:29...

  
• 03.24.2017

  PodMed – Week of March 27, 2017

  This week’s topics include ‘drip and ship,’ direct to consumer ads, steroid injections for low back pain, and cancer mutations. Program notes: 0:37 Drip and ship 1:37 Best to closest stroke center 2:37 TPA helpful in expanding window 3:43 Mutations...

  
• 03.17.2017

  PodMed – Week of March 20, 2017

  This week’s topics include managing after DVT, anticoagulation in folks with a-fib, surviving with cystic fibrosis, and where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement Program notes: 1:00 Folks with cystic fibrosis survive longer in Canada 2:00 Have transplant earlier 3:00...

  
• 03.10.2017

  PodMed – Week of March 13, 2017

  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...

  
• 03.03.2017

  PodMed – Week of March 6, 2017

  This week’s topics include testosterone supplementation, acupuncture and migraines, cardiac devices and MRI, and stem cell transplantation for MS. Program notes: 0:30 Testosterone supplementation for aging males 1:31 Looked at cognition and cardiovascular health 2:30 Plaque actually accelerated 3:30 Hypogonadism...

  
• 02.23.2017

  PodMed – Week of February 27, 2017

  This week’s topics include light treatment and Parkinson’s, ultrasound for bone healing, knee pain treatment over the Internet, and maintaining weight loss. Program notes: 0:30 Treating knee pain over the Internet 1:30 How did they do at 9 months? 2:10...

  
• 02.18.2017

  PodMed – Week of February 20, 2017

  This week’s topics include risks of gestational diabetes, managing low back pain, ED physician opioid prescribing, and cooling the scalp for chemotherapy. Program notes: 0:34 Risk of gestational diabetes to infant 1:33 Needing a C-section increased 2:32 Managing low back...

  
• 02.10.2017

  PodMed – Week of February 13, 2017

  This week’s topics include sickle cell trait and HbA1c, carcinogen levels and e-cigarettes, mutations and myelodysplastic syndrome, and kids ingesting pet medicines. Program notes: 0:33 Kids eating medicines intended for pets 1:34 Retrospective poison center data 2;28 Must have appropriate...

  
• 02.03.2017

  PodMed – Week of February 6, 2017

  This week’s topics include heart problems and e-cigarettes, aortic valve replacement, the health impact of low socioeconomic status, and real life lung cancer screening data. Program notes: 0:33 Risk for premature death 1:33 Low SES more important than most other...

  
• 01.27.2017

  PodMed – Week of January 30, 2017

  This week’s topics include at home sleep studies, an antibody for C.difficile infection, using big data to examine medical devices, and language concordance and type 2 diabetes control. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of C. difficile 1:35 Antitoxin antibody 2:32 Phase...

  
• 01.20.2017

  PodMed – Week of January 23, 2017

  This week’s topics include coronary calcium scans and hypertension, a look at tonsillectomy, asthma in adults, and diabetes in China. Program notes: 0:32 High blood pressure and calcium scores 1:32 Traditional risk factors plus scan 2:26 Asthma in adults 3:28...

  
• 01.13.2017

  PodMed – Week of January 16, 2017

  This week’s topics include alcohol abuse and CVD, gun violence in adolescents, social networks and gun violence, and weekend warriors. Program notes: 0:34 Weekend warriors 1:34 Compared to sedentary, they did have a reduction in mortality 2:32 For those who...

  
• 01.06.2017

  PodMed – Week of January 9, 2017

  This week’s topics include managing earwax, metformin and other diseases, atypical antipsychotics in palliative care, and firearm purchase without a background check. Program notes: 0:51 Managing ear wax 1:51 Industry relative to removal 2:53 Putting cotton swabs not good 3:31...

  
• 12.30.2016

  PodMed – Week of January 2, 2017

  This week’s topics include a review of sugar recommendations, preventing readmissions to the hospital, benefits of fish oil in pregnancy, and a look at healthcare spending. Program notes: 0:31 A look at sugar recommendations 1:30 Identified nine guidelines 2:30 All...

  
• 12.23.2016

  PodMed – Week of December 26, 2016

  This week’s topics include the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, choice of underwear color, aging wine, and keeping Brussels sprouts green. Program notes: 0:35 Annual fun recording 1:35 Color prominent in underwear choice 2:32 Women prefer red 3:01 Brussels sprouts...

  
• 12.16.2016

  PodMed – Week of December 19, 2016

  This week’s topics include statins and Alzheimer’s, teen substance use, national mortality data, and psychiatric drug use in American adults. Program notes: 0:33 Cause specific mortality in the US 1:35 At over 80 million deaths 2:32 Not terribly surprising to...

  
• 12.09.2016

  PodMed – Week of December 12, 2016

  This week's topics include a biomarker for Parkinson’s disease, therapy for blood clots after casting or knee arthroscopy, avoiding sickle cell crises, and CABG versus stunting. Program notes: 0:34 A biomarker for Parkinson’s disease 1:31 Use as a seed to accumulate...

  
• 12.02.2016

  PodMed – Week of December 5, 2016

  This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device...

  
• 11.28.2016

  PodMed – Week of November 28, 2016

  Blood pressure lowering meds and fracture, LASIK surgery outcomes, treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and measles and mumps outbreaks. Program notes: 0:33 LASIK outcomes 1:33 Glares or haloes after surgery 2:31 Three or four times more likely to complain online...

  
• 11.18.2016

  PodMed – Week of November 21, 2016

  This week’s topics include an alternative to statins, which vessel to use for bypass, NSAID risk, and genes versus lifestyle with regard to cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:48 Heart risk of NSAIDs 1:45 About 2.5% experienced heart attack, stroke 2:42...

  
• 11.11.2016

  PodMed – Week of November 14, 2016

  This week’s topics include a new tool for predicting cardiovascular event risk, iPads for amblyopia, an antibody for non-small cell lung cancer, and high dose statins. Program notes: 0:42 Call out to a listener 1:30 Best way to treat lazy...