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 and reducing antibodies 3:45 Enzyme to deplete 4:50 Enzyme cleaves all four classes of IgG […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - August 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: Alcohol And Drug Abuse All Podcasts Critical care medicine Kidney And Urinary Disorders Pain And Pain Relief PodMed Transplant Urology Source Type: podcasts

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 Statin discontinuation risk 4:24 Those who continued 12% had a stroke 5:25 Driven by internet […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - July 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Chronic Disease HIV Infectious diseases Nervous System Disorders Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts

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 2:42 Weight gain in mid-life 3:42 Dose dependent negative outcomes 4:42 Decreases risk for type […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - July 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: Alcohol And Drug Abuse All Podcasts Chronic Disease Diet Patient Care PodMed Prevention Source Type: podcasts

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 of coffee 3:01 Prostatectomy or not in early prostate cancer 4:01 Higher incidence of side […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - July 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Death and Dying Diet Mental health PodMed Prevention Source Type: podcasts

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 Followed over twelve months 2:37 No evidence it reduces risk 2:54 ADHD and educational attainment […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - July 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Diabetes Diet Heart And Vascular Pediatrics PodMed Source Type: podcasts

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 3:40 Low cost 4:20 Preventing preeclampsia with aspirin 5:20 Reduction of 62% 6:15 Air pollution […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Death and Dying exercise Geriatrics PodMed Pregnancy Prevention Vaccines Source Type: podcasts

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 A1c 2:52 Glucose test strips expense 3:34 ADHD and driving 4:35 Over 2400 with ADHD […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Diabetes Obesity Patient Care Pediatrics PodMed Safety Source Type: podcasts

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 3:44 42% for those with grad school or professional education 4:45 Need to recognize to […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Diabetes Diet Heart And Vascular Mental health PodMed Pregnancy Source Type: podcasts

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 2:39 Advanced melanoma and lymph node dissection 3:35 Half had dissection and survival observed 4:46 […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: Alcohol And Drug Abuse All Podcasts Cancer Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts

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 Insight into how to target therapy 3:13 Bad actor breast cancers 4:16 Disease free survival […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Infectious diseases Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts

PodMed – Week of May 29, 2017
This week’s topics include chocolate and atrial fibrillation, chondroitin and knee osteoarthritis, cannabidiol and seizures, and high fiber consumption and knee pain. Program notes: 0:34 Chocolate and atrial fibrillation 1:30 Danish Diet Cancer and Health Study 2:33 Not with milk chocolate 3:16 Chondroitin sulfate and osteoarthritis 4:16 Study according to European guidelines 5:16 Take as […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - May 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Chronic Disease Diet Heart And Vascular Neurology And Neurosurgery Pediatrics PodMed Source Type: podcasts

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 date on newer treatments? 3:30 Older physicians should embrace 3:42 Abortion via telemedicine 4:44 Uses […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - May 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Critical care medicine Geriatrics Heart And Vascular Infectious diseases PodMed Pregnancy Vaccines Source Type: podcasts

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% becomes malignant 2:30 Maybe takes multiple mutations 3:30 Very anxiety producing 4:00 Database of the […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - May 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Diet Genetics Heart And Vascular PodMed Research Source Type: podcasts