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July 24 GLP1s and AUD, CVD risk, lipid lowering targets, and status on vaccine for gonorrhea
This week's topics include GLP1s and AUD, impact of CVD risk calculation,
meeting lipid lowering targets, and no luck with a vaccine for gonorrhea.
0 min
July 17 Continuing dual antiplatelet therapy, Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and algorithms for diagnosing PE
This week's topics include continuing dual antiplatelet therapy after
stenting, amyloid depletion in Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and
algorithms for diagnosing PE in people with cancer.
12 min
July 10 Hip prosthesis, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory viruses, and GLP-1s
Program notes:
0:40 Online prescribing of GLP1s
1:44 Physician asks a number of questions
2:44 Interaction to approval about five minutes
3:30 Respiratory outbreak mitigation in nursing homes
4:30 Using PCR-based test in the nursing home
5:30 No difference in outbreak number or size
6:35 Avoid 64,000 ED transfers in U.S.
7:32 Residents reap many benefits
8:00 Inhalation treatment for pulmonary fibrosis
9:00 Clinical worsening in fewer patients
10:01 Dual-mobility total hip replacement
11:04 Substantially reduced risk of dislocation
12:05 Substantial number require revision previously
13:15 End
14 min
July 03 Technology to improve stroke outcomes, social media, and clinical management
This week's topics include technology to improve stroke outcomes, adult use
of social media and health decisions, impact of social media ban on
Australian youth, and an LLM to augment clinical management in a low
resource setting.
13 min
June 26 TKR patellar resurfacing, CAR-Ts, tranexamic acid, and patient messaging
Program notes:
0:40 Electronic patient messaging
1:40 Not baked into the usual workday
2:40 Managing patient expectations
3:33 Tranexamic acid in noncardiac surgery
4:33 Almost 9,000 patients enrolled
5:30 Does it increase VTE?
6:31 UK attempted 10 years ago
7:00 CAR-T cell outcomes 10 years later
8:01 Somewhere between 10-15% would have relapsed
9:03 Patellar resurfacing in total knee replacement
10:00 More QALYs than those without resurfacing
11:00 More people alive in the knee resurfacing
12:34 End
13 min
June 19 Brain development in kids, multimorbidity, childhood obesity, and prehabilitation
This week's topics include SES and brain development in kids, lifestyle
changes and multimobidity, food labeling and childhood obesity, and
prehabilitation in elders.
13 min
June 12 CVD risk factors, cognitive decline, insulin price, and factors in IBD
This week's topics include visceral fat and CVD risk factors, delirium and
cognitive decline and hospitalization, caps on insulin price, and factors
involved with IBD.
13 min
June 05 Resistance training, low back pain, cfDNA cancer screening delays, and GLP1s and knee replacement
Program notes:
0:35 Cell-free DNA screening for cancer and diagnosis delays
1:35 Populations-based screening
2:35 24 different companies offer liquid biopsy
3:01 Can we prevent chronic back pain after acute back pain?
4:01 Impact score on chronic back pain
5:01 Real-world setting lacks impact
6:01 Primary care role
7:01 Individual should assess their own back pain
7:25 Resistance training and mortality
8:25 Most benefit with aerobic and resistance training
9:20 GLP1 and knee arthroplasty
10:20 Using a GLP1 reduced risk of knee arthroplasty
11:23 Can't imagine using them solely for this purpose
12:25 End
13 min
May 29 Dual anticoagulation, miscarriage, at home rehab, and weight loss
This week's topics include duration of dual anticoagulation following
bypass grafting or stents, how has management of miscarriage changed, at
home rehab after an ICU stay, and weight loss for atrial fibrillation.
13 min
May 22 PCOS name change, whole blood, antibiotics, and blood markers
Program notes:
0:37 Prehospital resuscitation with whole blood
1:37 Compared with blood components
2:35 Easier to store
3:19 Azithromycin in wheezing kids
4:19 Treated for five days
5:26 Name change from PCOS to PMOS
6:26 Consensus build
7:28 Improved accuracy of pathophysiology
8:30 Adjust policy, change international classification
9:15 Biomarkers to direct lung cancer screening
10:15 Participants from several countries
11:15 What are barriers to those with a smoking history
12:24 End
13 min

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Stay up-to-date with the latest research in medicine and science with TT HealthWatch. This 10-minute podcast is hosted by Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, and Elizabeth Tracey, M.S., Baltimore-based medical journalist.