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 relative to cancer 4:43 Some inherited genes 5:43 So many people feel guilty 6:42 Steroid […]

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 How can we address in the US? 3:32 Where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement […]

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 cognitive function 2:30 Living longer but more frail 2:50 Pelvic exam interval 3:52 Abandoning altogether […]

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 3:50 Acupuncture and migraines 4:50 Did have a modest benefit 5:47 Stem cell transplantation in […]

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 Maintaining weight loss 3:10 Delivering over telephone 4:10 Regain significant weight 5:05 Parkinson’s treatment and […]

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 pain 3:31 Chronic pain nonpharmacologic first 4:32 Imaging not helpful 5:01 Prescribing patterns among ED […]

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 medication dispensing 2:40 Sickle cell trait and hemoglobin A1c 3:41 In diabetes the higher your […]

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 risk factors 2:34 Strengthen local communities 2:57 e-cigarettes and cardiovascular risk factors 3:58 Measured sympathetic […]

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 III trial 2:55 Post market surveillance data of devices 3:55 Vascular closure devices 4:50 Registry […]

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 A third didn’t have it 4:28 If controlled test again 5:00 Diabetes in China 6:01 […]