This week’s topics include end of life cancer care, the Zika virus, PT and Parkinson’s, and afib in women. Program notes: 0:35 Zika virus 1:37 Pregnant women recommended not to travel 2:35 Rise in microcephaly in Brazil 3:05 Atrial fibrillation in women 4:01 90% increase in cardiac death 5:01 PT and Parkinson’s disease 6:02 Over […]

This week’s topics include mental health conditions and bariatric surgery, durability of bariatric surgery in adolescents, fresh or frozen fecal transplant, and a new treatment for COPD. Program notes: 0:38 Fresh or frozen fecal transplant 1:39 Screen and store frozen samples? 2:39 Two studies demonstrate effectiveness 2:57 Bariatric surgery outcomes in adolescents 3:59 Normalized diabetes […]

This week’s topics include genetic risk of cancer, influencing kids’ food choices, the true value of cancer screening, and probiotics and type 1 diabetes. Program notes: 0:44 Number of cases of cancer due to inheritance 1:45 Follow huge population of twins 2:44 Environmental influence apparent 3:45 Must be able to interpret 3:58 Probiotics and prevention […]

This week’s topics include low value screening tests, planned at home births, brain death, and opioid prescription after overdose. Program notes: 0:38 Brain death nationally 1:40 Every hospital that would declare brain death 2:39 Family advocates 3:01 Women who deliver at home 4:01 Comparison difficult in past 5:01 Rate higher outside hospital 6:07 Opioid prescription […]