Special Edition: Focus on Geriatrics Part 3 – January 2024
In this special episode of Diabetes Core Update: Focus on Geriatrics Part 3, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss diabetes in a geriatric population with Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program. In this episode we will discuss three cases, with each case presenting different challenges and ideas that are crucial in providing excellent diabetes care to older adults. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Sanofi. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associat...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - January 9, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription
Fitness trackers are a group of devices including watches, phones, and rings that track physical activity. JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, speaks with I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about using fitness trackers to guide advice on activity prescription. Related Content: Fitness Trackers to Guide Advice on Activity Prescription (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update Geriatrics Part 2 2023
In this special episode on Diabetes in a Geriatric Population, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss diabetes in a geriatric population with Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program, focusing on deintensification of therapy. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Sanofi. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Medha Munshi, M.D., Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program,...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - September 12, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Special Edition: Focus on Geriatrics - Part 1 – August 2023
In this special episode on Diabetes in a Geriatric Population, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss diabetes in a geriatric population with Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Sanofi. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Medha Munshi, M.D., Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvar...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - August 8, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Legal Risks of Abortion Miscoding
Intentional miscoding of abortion services may put clinicians and hospital systems at legal risk. JAMA Senior Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, and Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH, from the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, discuss the risks of intentional miscoding practices and possible penalties. Related Content: Abortion Miscoding—Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - June 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Income-Based Disparities for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Across 6 Countries
Differences among countries in how health care is organized could have implications for health equity. JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, and Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, MSc, professor of health care policy, Harvard Medical School, discuss whether treatment patterns and outcomes for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction differ for patients with higher vs lower incomes across 6 countries. Related Content: Differences in Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Low- and High-Income Patients in 6 Countries (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death
JAMA Executive Editor Greg Curfman, MD, speaks with Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, director of the Harvard Center for Bioethics, who describes the 2 approaches to the determination of death (cardiovascular death and brain death) and discusses the possibility that the determination of brain death may soon undergo substantial change, with important implications for organ transplantation. Related Content: The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
An active volcano on Venus, and a concerning rise in early onset colon cancer
On this week’s show: Spotting volcanic activity on Venus in 30-year-old data, and giving context to increases in early onset colon cancer
First up this week, a researcher notices an active volcano on Venus in data from the Magellan mission—which ended in 1994. News Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how to find a “fresh” lava flow in 30-year-old readings.
Next up, a concerning increase in early onset colon cancer. Kimmie Ng, director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is her...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
An active volcano on Venus, and a concerning rise in early onset colon cancer
On this week’s show: Spotting volcanic activity on Venus in 30-year-old data, and giving context to increases in early onset colon cancer
First up this week, a researcher notices an active volcano on Venus in data from the Magellan mission—which ended in 1994. News Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how to find a “fresh” lava flow in 30-year-old readings.
Next up, a concerning increase in early onset colon cancer. Kimmie Ng, director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is her...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Kurt Vonnegut ’s contribution to science, and tunas and sharks as ecosystem indicators
On this week’s show: How sci-fi writer Kurt Vonnegut foresaw many of today’s ethical dilemmas, and 70 years of tunas, billfishes, and sharks as sentinels of global ocean health
First up this week on the podcast, we revisit the works of science fiction author Kurt Vonneugt on what would have been his 100th birthday. News Intern Zack Savitsky and host Sarah Crespi discuss the work of ethicists, philosophers, and Vonnegut scholars on his influence on the ethics and practice of science.
Researchers featured in this segment:
Peter-Paul Verbeek, a philosopher of science and technology at the University of Amsterdam and ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 10, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Kurt Vonnegut ’s contribution to science, and tunas and sharks as ecosystem indicators
On this week’s show: How sci-fi writer Kurt Vonnegut foresaw many of today’s ethical dilemmas, and 70 years of tunas, billfishes, and sharks as sentinels of global ocean health
First up this week on the podcast, we revisit the works of science fiction author Kurt Vonneugt on what would have been his 100th birthday. News Intern Zack Savitsky and host Sarah Crespi discuss the work of ethicists, philosophers, and Vonnegut scholars on his influence on the ethics and practice of science.
Researchers featured in this segment:
Peter-Paul Verbeek, a philosopher of science and technology at the University of Amsterdam and...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 10, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Special Edition: ADA-EASD Hyperglycemia Management 2022
This report was simultaneously published in Diabetologia and Diabetes Care. The report is available at: https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/doi/10.2337/dci22-0034/147671/Management-of-Hyperglycemia-in-Type-2-Diabetes . Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Vanita Aroda, M.D., who is a the Director of Diabetes Clinical Research at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Med...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - September 30, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Prescription Drug Cost Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
President Biden has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act containing important provisions related to prescription drug costs. JAMA Health Forum Editor John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda B. Buntin, PhD, discuss the effects of these provisions on patients with Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Related Content: New Reforms to Prescription Drug Pricing in the US Estimating Rebates and Other Discounts Received by Medicare Part D Estimation of the Share of Net Expenditures on Insulin Captured by US Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Pharmacy Benefit Ma...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - August 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Webb Space Telescope makes history after tense launch
In this episode of the Nature Podcast, we catch up on the biggest science stories from the holiday period by diving into the Nature Briefing.We’ll hear about: the latest manoeuveres from the James Webb Space Telescope; a new fossil dubbed “one of the greatest finds in British palaeontological history”; the verdicts in the trials of Charles Lieber and Elizabeth Holmes; and a goldfish that can drive a tank.News: Landmark Webb observatory is now officially a telescopeNature Video: Hubble moments: Mike MassiminoThe Guardian: Huge ‘sea dragon’ named one of UK’s greatest fossil findsNews: Elizabeth Holmes verdict: re...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Administrative Costs in US Health Care: A Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
Health care expenses that arise from largely nonclinical functions, such as coding and billing and administration, cost the US health care system almost $1 trillion annually. Michael Chernew, PhD, from Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, and David Cutler, PhD, from Harvard University Department of Economics, join JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, from Washington University School of Medicine to discuss some basic fixes and simplifications that could reduce administrative spending by an estimated $265 billion. Related Content: Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Pote...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
