Einstein On: Diabetes Epidemic, Dean Allen M. Spiegel, M.D.
Recent studies project the number of people in the U.S. with diabetes will double to 44.1 million by 2034. Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean and former director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases describes the proactive measures needed to tackle the diabetes epidemic and reduce human suffering and healthcare costs. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - June 7, 2010 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Annals of Emergency Medicine (January 2010 Summary)
Summary of January 2010 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Highlights include:
* How accurate is noncontrast CT for the diagnosis of appendicitis? A meta-analysis
* International experiences - the ethical challenge of short-term medical excursions
* Impact of a mobile pediatric emergency response team for an influenza epidemic
* How often are emergency physicians testing and treating for influenza?
* Informed consent - are media messages accurate for "community consent" in high risk trials? And in low risk, observational studies how often do subjects read the consent document?
And from the EBM section...
* How ...
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine (Summary - Audio) - January 26, 2010 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Annals of Emergency Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-108 Discussion of H1N1 Influenza - Part III
Naomi O'Grady, MD clarifies the strain of the current virus, discusses the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic, and outlines the prescription therapies available specific to H1N1 Influenza. O'Grady is a senior staff physician in the Clinical Center's Critical Care Medicine Department and the medical director of the department's Vascular Access and Conscious Sedation Services. She also is an attending physician with the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Department of the Children's National Medical Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Ho...
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - May 5, 2009 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - April 2009
MSF is carrying out its largest ever vaccination campaign to fight a meningitis epidemic in West Africa. And hear MSF field workers in Haiti describe the overwhelming need for medical care in that country. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-106 Discussion of H1N1 Influenza - Part I
Randy S. Wax, MD, discusses the current outbreak of influenza A (H1N1), the triage protocol for critical care during an influenza epidemic, the public's role in taking necessary precautions, and educational resources that are available. Dr. Wax is an intensivist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He has multiple areas of expertise, including disaster management. This podcast is the first in a series focused on the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - April 30, 2009 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - February 2009
In this edition, hear a report from Haut Uélé Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where MSF is trying to bring medical care to those injured and displaced by the Lord's Resistance Army. Listen to a report on the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe that has given rise to the recent, ongoing cholera epidemic; and hear a day in the life of an MSF field worker from Texas helping to bring treatment to victims of cholera in Zimbabwe. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - February 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - "Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises of 2008
Three of the urgent crises MSF named in its "Top Ten" of 2008: people's struggle to survive amid the violent chaos in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; the dire need for the international community to adopt proven, lifesaving ready-to-use foods to treat and prevent malnutrition; and a widespread cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, brought on by the country's downward economic spiral. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - December 30, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
" Links in E-mail Chain Letters Not Well Connected " -- The Discovery Files
It was once thought that e-mail chain letters traveled to internet users in much the same way that disease spreads during an epidemic -- people receive a message and then pass it on to those they come in contact with. However, new research from Cornell University and Carleton College suggests that e-mail chain letters travel in a less direct, more diffuse pattern than previously assumed. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - June 26, 2008 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Diabesity -- The Biggest Epidemic in Human History
Paul Zimmet, AO, MD, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Professor, International Diabetes Institute, Australia, teaches us about diabetes on a global scale. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - August 20, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Paul Zimmet, AO, MD, PhD, FRACP, FRCP Source Type: podcasts
Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?
This report brief summarizes the recommendations and next steps made in the report. Read the report online.Visit the IOM report page. (Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies)
Source: The Sounds of Science from the National Academies - June 6, 2007 Category: Science Authors: The National Academies Source Type: podcasts
HIV Care at a Crossroads: The Emerging Crisis in the US HIV Epidemic
Michael J. Mugavero, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, asks who will care for new patients as HIV testing becomes more widespread? (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - March 23, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Michael J. Mugavero, MD, MHS; Michael S. Saag, MD Source Type: podcasts
