October 16th, 2009
Podcast 61: A conversation about end-stage dementia.
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We talk with Susan Mitchell, a Harvard researcher who set out to characterize the final clinical stages of advanced dementia. There are some surprises — namely, the benefit of clear communications with patients and their families (which, come to think of it, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise at all).
Talk with us at 1-617-440-4374 or write to jelia@nejm.org.
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October 10th, 2009
Podcast 60: Weight loss in type 2 diabetes benefits obstructive sleep apnea — a conversation with Prof. Gary Foster
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It’s been treated as fact for a long time, but now there are data to prove it: weight loss in type 2 diabetes does ameliorate obstructive sleep apnea. Gary Foster of Temple University has an ongoing study of some 250 patients, and he’s just presented data on the first year of an anticipated 4-year follow-up. Listen in.
The gift deadline for our survey has been extended. The analysts want more data (don’t they always?), and so if you take the survey you’ll get a $5 gift certificate from Amazon. See the notice just above (or below) this text on the website for information. I don’t imagine they will extend the deadline much past the end of October, so please unload all your opinions upon us soonest.
If you’d rather do that informally and directly, you can always dial 1-617-440-4374 or contact me at jelia@nejm.org.
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October 2nd, 2009
Podcast 59: A conversation about bacterial coinfection in 2009 H1N1 flu deaths with Dianna Blau of the CDC
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Early in the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, it was thought that bacterial coinfection was rare, but now that’s been shown to be untrue. Dr. Dianna Blau, one of the principal contributors to a study of coinfections in 77 fatal cases of 2009 H1N, is our guest.
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- H1N1 Update: Bacterial Coinfection in H1N1-Related Deaths
- CDC guidance on use of pneumococcal vaccine in H1N1 pandemic
- IDSA/ATS guidelines
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- Benefits of Treating Mild Gestational Diabetes
- Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Psychotic Symptoms in Children Years Later
- Beneficial Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Diabetes
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September 21st, 2009
Podcast 57: Treating community-acquired pneumonia according to the guidelines
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When treated according to 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines, community-acquired pneumonia is a less dangerous disease. You need to administer only 10 guideline-compliant treatments to elderly people, according to one estimate, in order to save a life. A good deal, no? We have the authors of two papers on the benefits of compliance as our guests this week. Their studies were published in the September 14 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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