September 27th, 2008
Podcast 13: News and interview with Dr. Stephen Hetz, co-editor of “War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq” and director of medical education at Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso.
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This week’s podcast includes an interview with Stephen Hetz, co-editor of the recently published book “War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Journal Watch links
- Thrombolysis for Stroke Within 4.5 Hours Is Safe and Effective
- Extending the Time Frame for Alteplase: The ECASS III Trial
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Diabetic Pregnant Women
- Maternal Influenza Vaccination Reduces Infant Influenza, Febrile Respiratory Illness
- Maternal Influenza Immunization Protects Infants
- Novel Approach to Infant Influenza
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- NEJM alteplase abstract
- NEJM alteplase editorial
- BMJ glucose monitoring article
- NEJM on maternal influenza vaccination
- NEJM stents abstract
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New Yorker link
September 6th, 2008
Podcast 12: News and interview with Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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This week’s podcast includes an interview with Anne Schuchat about U.S. childhood immunization rates, along with the usual news roundup.
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- Physical Activity May Boost Cognitive Function in Older Adults
- Vytorin (Simvastatin + Ezetimibe) Shows Little Benefit for Aortic Stenosis
- New Questions and a Few Answers on Vytorin and Cancer Risks
- Vytorin: Navigating Uncharted Waters
- Omega-3s Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients, Rosuvastatin Does Not
August 9th, 2008
Podcast 11: News and interview with Dr. Irene Hall, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC
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This week we talk with the CDC’s Irene Hall about the finding of an increased incidence of HIV infection in the U.S.
Journal Watch links
- Do Not Screen for Prostate Cancer in Men 75 or Older, USPSTF Advises
- Specialties Disagree on Need for ECG Evaluations Before Prescribing ADHD Drugs
- Common Fertility Treatments of Little Benefit in Unexplained Infertility
August 1st, 2008
Podcast 10: News and interview with Dr. Michel Ovize, Professor of Physiology and Cardiology, Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon
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This week, after our usual news roundup, Michel Ovize is our guest, and he talks about preventing reperfusion injury during interventions for myocardial infarction. It all has to do with mitochondrial pores.
Journal Watch links
- New NAMS Position Statement on Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy
- Cyclosporine Attenuates Reperfusion Injury During Stenting
- Does Cyclosporine Protect Against Myocardial Reperfusion Injury?
July 26th, 2008
Podcast 9: News and interview with Prof. Robert Hogg, British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver.
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This week, Robert Hogg gives us his perspective on the increasing longevity seen with HIV infection in high-income countries.
Journal Watch links
- Lipid Screening in Childhood – New Recommendations from the AAP
- Consensus Statement Issued for Managing Prediabetes
- Medicare to Reimburse Doctors Extra for Electronic Prescriptions
July 18th, 2008
Podcast 8: News and interview with Dr. Mary Tinetti, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale
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We talk with Mary Tinetti about falls in the elderly and how to prevent them.
Journal Watch links
- It’s Safe to Eat Tomatoes Again, FDA Says
- U.S. Measles Hits 11-Year High – Most Cases Were Unvaccinated
- Which Lipids Mark MI Risk Best?
- Elderly Benefit from Joint Replacement, but Many Never Get the Option
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