Bariatric Surgery in Children: Is This the Right Approach?
As the obesity epidemic rages on, bariatric surgery is being performed in younger and younger patients. Three experts discuss the pros and cons. (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast - May 6, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Reinfection: Does It Limit HCV Treatment as Prevention?
What effect does reinfection with hepatitis C have on our ability to control the epidemic we are faced with? (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - April 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Reinfection: Does It Limit HCV Treatment as Prevention?
What effect does reinfection with hepatitis C have on our ability to control the epidemic we are faced with? (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast - April 1, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update April 2014
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 15 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.
Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatm...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - March 20, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
The Hidden Epidemic of Liver Disease in Kids
Pediatric fatty liver disease could be an epidemic in the making. (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Podcast - October 8, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Fighting the food giants
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She has written widely about food and nutrition, and is an iconoclast in the world of food politics. In this podcast she explains how economic forces have changed the food industry, and how that change is fuelling the obesity epidemic. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Tackling violence against women
This week, the World Health Organisation called for healthcare providers to be more aware of intimate partner and sexual violence against women, calling it a "global health problem of epidemic proportions." We look into what doctors need to know.
And we discuss advice on diagnosing and treating first trimester miscarriage. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Tackling violence against women
This week, the World Health Organisation called for healthcare providers to be more aware of intimate partner and sexual violence against women, calling it a "global health problem of epidemic proportions." We look into what doctors need to know.
And we discuss advice on diagnosing and treating first trimester miscarriage. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Valley Fever: Diagnosis and Treatment
Anyone can get valley fever if they live in or visit an area where Coccidioides is epidemic. Learn the latest on testing and treatment. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - July 22, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
JAMA 2013-07-16, Vol. 310, No. 3, Audio from Weekly Author Video Interview
Interview with Wendy M. Chung, MD, SM, author of The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 16, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas
Interview with Wendy M. Chung, MD, SM, author of The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 16, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 239: Filterable camels
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Matt Frieman
Matt joins Vincent, Alan, and Rich to summarize what we know and what we do not know about the MERS coronavirus.
Links for this episode:
MERS-CoV update (WHO)
MERS-CoV evolution (epidemic)
Sick camel linked to MERS-CoV death (7Days)
MERS-CoV hospital outbreak (NEJM)
MERS-CoV French hospital cluster (Lancet)
MERS-CoV family cluster (NEJM)
Matt on MERS-CoV on the Voice of Russia
Letters read on TWiV 239
Weekly Science Picks
Matt - The Kid Should See ThisAlan - Cassini to p...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 29, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
