Dear Food Industry: Lower the Salt, Save Lives
Dr. Henry Black talks with Dr. Graham MacGregor about the successful program to reduce salt intake in the United Kingdom. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - December 4, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
FDA's Hamburg on Clearing the Hurdles to Drug Approvals
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, talks with Medscape at the National Health Research Forum in Washington, DC. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - October 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Deny Organ Transplants to Marijuana Users?
It has been said that people who use marijuana shouldn't receive transplants because they may have liver damage or they may not comply with medical regimens. Is it time to revisit that guideline? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - September 23, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Airport X-Rays: How Worried Should We Be?
Sandra Fryhofer talks about the results of an AMA report on radiation exposure from airport scanners. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - September 10, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
CT Screening in Lung Cancer: Risk and Benefit Analysis
Do the benefits of low-dose CT screening in former smokers really outweigh the risks? Pulmonologist Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, offers his analysis of a recent study (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - September 4, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Prostate Cancer Screening: Latest ACP Guidance
Sandra Fryhofer provides the key points from the ACP recommendations on when and whether to screen for prostate cancer. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - August 16, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Treating Recurrent Otitis Media: An Expert's View
Dr. Ron Dagan provides his perspective on treating and preventing otitis media. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - June 19, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
IV Iron in CKD: Understanding the Guidelines
Dr. Jeffrey Berns provides perspective on sections in the KDIGO guidelines on managing chronic kidney disease that deal with intravenous iron. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - June 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Peginesatide Recall and Fatal Anaphylaxis: A Perspective
Jeffrey Berns comments on the recall of peginesatide, the recently approved erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, in light of deaths from a severe allergic reaction in dialysis patients. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - February 28, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
The Dreaded Diagnosis of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease
Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease is explored, with practical tips offered for its diagnosis and management. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - January 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
eGFR: Remember, 'e' Stands for 'Estimated'
Jeffrey Berns discusses the challenge of staging chronic kidney disease on the basis of a single GFR value and why you should remember that it is an estimate only. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - January 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Tolvaptan: Exciting Progress for Polycystic Kidney Disease
In this international Skype conversation, Lynda Szczech and Donal O’Donoghue provide in-depth guidance on the current research and use of tolvaptan in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - January 16, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
