Fading Immunity May Be Behind Mumps Epidemic
Dr Paul Offit discusses potential weaknesses in the MMR vaccine, and ongoing efforts to address them. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - March 17, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Emerging Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea: What's New and What Now?
We are starting to lose our last line of defense against drug-resistant gonorrhea. What can be done? (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - March 6, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Preventive Care for Patients With IBD: Time for Action
IBD puts patients at risk for a variety of non-GI disorders and requires their doctors to provide comprehensive care. Dr David Johnson reviews new guidelines that make this task easier. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - February 24, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
If Children Got the HPV4 Vaccine Series, Should They Get HPV9?
Dr Paul Offit explains why those who have completed the HPV4 series should also receive HPV9. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - February 9, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
ACIP 2017 Immunization Schedule: The Key Points
What are the key changes to recommendations for adult immunizations in 2017? (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - February 6, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of January 30, 2017
This week’s topics include at home sleep studies, an antibody for C.difficile infection, using big data to examine medical devices, and language concordance and type 2 diabetes control. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of C. difficile 1:35 Antitoxin antibody 2:32 Phase III trial 2:55 Post market surveillance data of devices 3:55 Vascular closure devices 4:50 Registry […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - January 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Critical care medicine Heart And Vascular Infectious diseases PodMed Sleep Source Type: podcasts
Latent Tuberculosis: New Testing Recommendations
CDC supports the new USPSTF recommendations for latent tuberculosis testing, and a larger role for primary care clinicians in identifying patients for testing. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - December 19, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 420: Orthogonal vectors
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy SpindlerThe TWiV gurus describe how to use an orthogonal translation system to produce infectious but replication-incompetent influenza vaccines. Become a patron of TWiV!Links for this episodeRegister for ASV 2017Local Zika virus transmission in TexasTexaszika.orgLocal dengue virus transmission in Texas (EID)No more Zika virus transmission in Florida (FL DOH)Dengue virus antibodies enhance Zika virus infection (Clin Trans Imm)Infectious, replication incompetent influenza virus vaccine (Science)Pyrrolysl-tRNA synth...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 18, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of November 28, 2016
Blood pressure lowering meds and fracture, LASIK surgery outcomes, treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and measles and mumps outbreaks. Program notes: 0:33 LASIK outcomes 1:33 Glares or haloes after surgery 2:31 Three or four times more likely to complain online 3:10 Measles and mumps outbreaks 4:10 Much higher than previously considered 5:10 Pertussis and whooping […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - November 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Eye Care Heart And Vascular Infectious diseases Patient Care PodMed Source Type: podcasts
The World Is Not Prepared for Pandemics
Results of a comprehensive, international study have spurred a new framework for combating infectious diseases threats, says Dr Victor Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine. (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - November 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
The World Is Not Prepared for Pandemics
Results of a comprehensive, international study have spurred a new framework for combating infectious diseases threats, says Dr Victor Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine. (Source: Medscape HIV AIDS Podcast)
Source: Medscape HIV AIDS Podcast - November 15, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotic Stewardship in the Outpatient Setting
New guidelines help clinicians apply best antibiotic-prescribing practices in a range of outpatient settings. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - November 14, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Middle East respiratory syndrome
(MERS) is an acute viral respiratory tract infection caused by the novel betacoronavirus.
Cases have been limited to the Arabian Peninsula and its surrounding countries, and to travellers from the Middle East or their contacts.
The clinical spectrum of infection varies from no symptoms or mild respiratory symptoms to severe, rapidly progressive pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, or multiorgan failure resulting in death.
In this podcast Sarah Shalhoub, infectious diseases consultant at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, in Saudi Arabia joins us to discuss the history of the disease, clinical ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 21, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of October 10, 2016
This week’s topics include Zika complications, hypothermia and in-hospital heart attack, long term heart attack survival and hospital performance, and ADHD medications and bone mineral density. Program notes: 0:35 Hypothermia and heart attacks 1:33 About 6% treated with hypothermia 2:32 Outside hospital free radicals produced 3:11 Long term survival after heart attack and high performing […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - October 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Heart And Vascular Infectious diseases Nervous System Disorders Pediatrics PodMed Source Type: podcasts
