HPV Epidemic Changes Head & Neck Cancer Pathophysiology
Dr. Ezra Cohen the from the University of Chicago speaks with Dr. Debra Patt, Oncology Practice Summit Session Chair, regarding HPV and its effect on the pathophysiology and treatment of head and neck...
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Added: 04/22/2013 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 22, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Influenza in Kids: Should You Test?
Is influenza testing in children necessary during an epidemic? (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - February 19, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
#24: The epidemiology of heart failure
Dr Veronique Roger joins Dr Bernard Gersh to review the latest data and share insight into what is now termed an epidemic. (Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - January 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Mayo Clinic Talks Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2012-10-03, Vol. 308, No. 13, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with Robert W. Haley, MD, author of Controlling Urban Epidemics of West Nile Virus Infection. Summary Points:
Epidemics of West Nile neuroinvasive disease have become a serious medical and public health challenge that will be with us for the foreseeable future.
Ultra low-volume aerial spraying of urban areas, guided by surveillance of mosquito trap positivity and human cases, is necessary and cost-effective to prevent chronic neurologic disability and death.
Complete, accurate, and timely diagnosis of West Nile viral disease in an epidemic is vitally important to spare patients needless prolonged antimicrobial t...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - October 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2012-10-03, Vol. 308, No. 13, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with Robert W. Haley, MD, author of Controlling Urban Epidemics of West Nile Virus Infection. Summary Points:
Epidemics of West Nile neuroinvasive disease have become a serious medical and public health challenge that will be with us for the foreseeable future.
Ultra low-volume aerial spraying of urban areas, guided by surveillance of mosquito trap positivity and human cases, is necessary and cost-effective to prevent chronic neurologic disability and death.
Complete, accurate, and timely diagnosis of West Nile viral disease in an epidemic is vitally important to spare patients needless prolonged antimicrobial t...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - October 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2012-02-01, Vol. 307, No. 5, Author in the Room ™ Audio Interview
Interview with David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, author of Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight. Summary Points: 1. Childhood obesity arises from a complex interplay of biology, behavior, and the environment. Consequently, successful treatment requires targeting multiple determinants of body weight. 2. Family-based treatment offers the most immediate and effective approach for childhood obesity, with benefits for all family members. 3. Ultimately, the solution to the obesity epidemic will require a comprehensive public health strategy to make the social environment healthier for childre...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - March 23, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2012-02-01, Vol. 307, No. 5, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview
Interview with David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, author of Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight. Summary Points: 1. Childhood obesity arises from a complex interplay of biology, behavior, and the environment. Consequently, successful treatment requires targeting multiple determinants of body weight. 2. Family-based treatment offers the most immediate and effective approach for childhood obesity, with benefits for all family members. 3. Ultimately, the solution to the obesity epidemic will require a comprehensive public health strategy to make the social environment healthier for chi...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - March 23, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: August 26, 2011
Highlights from the media launch of the obesity Series, including international priorities to reverse the obesity epidemic. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - August 27, 2011 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
#98 DRC: Fighting A Cholera Epidemic
A cholera epidemic is sweeping down the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originating in the distant centre of the vast central African country it has now reached the capital, Kinshasa, more than 1,000 miles southwest. People are sick and dying and desperate for help. Robin Meldrum went to the town of Mbandaka, where an MSF emergency team is responding to the crisis. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - August 16, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#91 HIV Treatment is Also HIV Prevention
New research has proved conclusively that treatment of HIV can reduce the transmission of the disease from one person to another by 96 percent. In other words, HIV treatment is also HIV prevention. The UN Summit on HIV/AIDS starts on June 8 and officials will decide on a blueprint for the next decade of the global response to the epidemic. Will global leaders act now to save millions of lives and prevent millions of new infections? (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - June 8, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#78 Fighting kala azar in southern Sudan
Kala azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—is a treatable but largely neglected disease. Southern Sudan is currently facing a massive kala azar epidemic. This is a region where three-quarters of the population has no access to basic medical care, and the health system is unable to deal with an emergency on this scale. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - February 9, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#76 A Year After the Earthquake in Haiti
After a year of responding to the post-earthquake needs and the cholera epidemic that began in October, MSF has reviewed its own work in Haiti, and speaks out about what we see as the failure of the international aid system to respond adequately to the still enormous needs on the ground. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - January 11, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
Einstein On: HIV, Dr. Harris Goldstein
Harris Goldstein, M.D., director of the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) discusses the global progress in HIV/AIDS research, his own research and his recent trip to South Africa, the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world according to UNAIDS. Interviewed by Einstein’s Gordon Earle. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - October 25, 2010 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
