PodMed – Week of March 20, 2017
This week’s topics include managing after DVT, anticoagulation in folks with a-fib, surviving with cystic fibrosis, and where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement Program notes: 1:00 Folks with cystic fibrosis survive longer in Canada 2:00 Have transplant earlier 3:00 How can we address in the US? 3:32 Where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Chronic Disease Geriatrics Heart And Vascular Joint Surgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts
Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week ’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit.
Taking part are:
- Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society
- Andrew Fernando, GP... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week ’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit.
Taking part are:
- Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society
- Andrew Fernando, GP and medical director of North Hampshire Urgent Care
- Candace Imison, director of policy at the Nuffield Trust
- Martin Marshall, vice chair of the Roya l College of General Practitioners
- Amanda Philpott, chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups
- Maxine Power,...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit.
Taking part are:
- Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society
- Andrew Fernando, GP and medical director of North Hampshire Urgent Care
- Candace Imison, director of policy at the Nuffield Trust
- Martin Marshall, vice chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Amanda Philpott, chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups
- Maxine Power, d...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Hypertension Management and Dealing With Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients —A Report From the 2016 European Union Geriatric Medical Society Meeting
Managing hypertension in elderly patients is complicated. Recent studies have shown that elderly patients may benefit from aggressive hypertension management, but other studies have shown that some are harmed by overly aggressive hypertension management. These issues were discussed in detail at the 2016 European Union Geriatric Medicine Society meeting. In this podcast we discuss how to best manage hypertension in elderly patients with Athanase Benetos, MD, PhD, a professor of internal medicine from Nancy, France, and the academic director of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society. Older patients tend to have multip...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of January 9, 2017
This week’s topics include managing earwax, metformin and other diseases, atypical antipsychotics in palliative care, and firearm purchase without a background check. Program notes: 0:51 Managing ear wax 1:51 Industry relative to removal 2:53 Putting cotton swabs not good 3:31 Metformin use and comorbidities 4:31 Does metformin increase or decrease mortality? 5:34 Firearm purchase without […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - January 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Chronic Disease Death and Dying Diabetes Geriatrics Mental health PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of December 19, 2016
This week’s topics include statins and Alzheimer’s, teen substance use, national mortality data, and psychiatric drug use in American adults. Program notes: 0:33 Cause specific mortality in the US 1:35 At over 80 million deaths 2:32 Not terribly surprising to see risk factors 3:00 How many US adults take a psychiatric drugs 4:01 Only 9% […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - December 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: Alcohol And Drug Abuse All Podcasts Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Death and Dying Geriatrics Mental health PodMed Prevention Source Type: podcasts
Looking beyond cancer: geriatric assessment
Jean Klastersky, MD, PhD of Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium gives an overview of a session focused on geriatric assessment. Supportive care or palliative care consultation is focused primaril...
Author: VJOncology
Added: 12/07/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - December 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of December 5, 2016
This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device takes a picture and computer evaluates 3:23 Presurgical assessment of frailty 4:24 Three or four […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - December 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts exercise Eye Care Geriatrics Heart And Vascular PodMed Surgery Surgical Care Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of October 3, 2016
This week’s topics include roller coasters and kidney stones, colonoscopy in those older than 70, benefits of exercise in older folks, and the health impact of cleft palate. Program notes: 0:42 Kidney stones and roller coasters 1:41 Model kidney and stones 2:41 Might want to ride post-lithotripsy 3:35 Exercise, mobility and older adults 4:39 Length […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Colon And Rectal Cancer exercise Geriatrics Kidney And Urinary Disorders PodMed Source Type: podcasts
Dr. Gurr speaks with Dr. Skip Rizzo about Virtual Reality Therapy
Today’s podcast is a conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Skip Rizzo. Dr. Rizzo is well known for his work with VR and PTSD. He is one of the first psychologists to recognize the benefits of VR for psychological issues. Dr. Rizzo talks about his introduction to VR, the benefits of VR for mental health problems and his research with VR.
Here is Dr. Rizzo’s bio:
Albert “Skip” Rizzo is a clinical psychologist/neuropsychologist and Director of Medical Virtual Reality at the University Of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies. He is also a Research Professor with the USC Dept. of Psychiatry ...
Source: The Shrink Is In - July 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts
How to treat eldery CLL patients
Barbara Eichhorst, MD from University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany discusses the treatment of elderly CLL patients. In the beginning of treatment a geriatric assessment should be undertaken as well a...
Author: VJHemOnc
Added: 07/05/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - July 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Vaccines for preventing herpes zoster (shingles) in older adults
Among the updated Cochrane Reviews in March 2016 is one from a team of researchers in Brazil looking at the effects of vaccines for Herpes Zoster. Anna Gagliardi from the Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Federal University of São Paulo in Brazil describes their findings in this evidence pod. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
