PodMed – Week of June 12, 2017
This week’s topics include patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival, negative impact of alcohol consumption, lymph node dissection in melanoma, and significance of small aneurysms in brain. 0:32 Patient monitoring of cancer symptoms and survival 1:34 Reported to nurse 2:39 Advanced melanoma and lymph node dissection 3:35 Half had dissection and survival observed 4:46 […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: Alcohol And Drug Abuse All Podcasts Cancer Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of June 5, 2017
This week’s topics include treating resistant hepatitis C infection, a new regimen for breast cancer, evolution of non-small cell lung cancer, and minocycline for MS. Program notes: 0:44 Evolution of lung cancer 1:42 Did genetic analysis of whole tumor 2:42 Insight into how to target therapy 3:13 Bad actor breast cancers 4:16 Disease free survival […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Infectious diseases Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of May 29, 2017
This week’s topics include chocolate and atrial fibrillation, chondroitin and knee osteoarthritis, cannabidiol and seizures, and high fiber consumption and knee pain. Program notes: 0:34 Chocolate and atrial fibrillation 1:30 Danish Diet Cancer and Health Study 2:33 Not with milk chocolate 3:16 Chondroitin sulfate and osteoarthritis 4:16 Study according to European guidelines 5:16 Take as […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - May 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Chronic Disease Diet Heart And Vascular Neurology And Neurosurgery Pediatrics PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of May 1, 2017
This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also 3:16 Diet soft drinks and stroke 4:16 Three fold increased risk of stroke and Alzheimer’s […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Chronic Disease Colon And Rectal Cancer Genetics Geriatrics High Blood Pressure Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Pregnancy Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of March 27, 2017
This week’s topics include ‘drip and ship,’ direct to consumer ads, steroid injections for low back pain, and cancer mutations. Program notes: 0:37 Drip and ship 1:37 Best to closest stroke center 2:37 TPA helpful in expanding window 3:43 Mutations relative to cancer 4:43 Some inherited genes 5:43 So many people feel guilty 6:42 Steroid […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - March 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Genetics Neurology And Neurosurgery Pain And Pain Relief Patient Care PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of February 27, 2017
This week’s topics include light treatment and Parkinson’s, ultrasound for bone healing, knee pain treatment over the Internet, and maintaining weight loss. Program notes: 0:30 Treating knee pain over the Internet 1:30 How did they do at 9 months? 2:10 Maintaining weight loss 3:10 Delivering over telephone 4:10 Regain significant weight 5:05 Parkinson’s treatment and […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - February 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Neurology And Neurosurgery Obesity Patient Care PodMed Sleep Source Type: podcasts
The different shades of Hope
Hope is one of the 24 character strengths as identified by VIA. Its also known as optimism, future-mindedness and future orientation. It is defined by VIA as ‘expecting the best in the future and working to achieve it; believing that a good future is something that can be brought about.’
There are three variants of this strength, as found in the psychological literature:
Optimism
Optimistic explanatory style
Hope
Is the glass half empty or half full? The pessimist would pick half empty, while the optimist would choose half full. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
(dispositional) Optimism is a general feeling that go...
Source: The Mouse Trap - January 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: strengths hope Optimism Positive psychology VIA Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of December 12, 2016
This week's topics include a biomarker for Parkinson’s disease, therapy for blood clots after casting or knee arthroscopy, avoiding sickle cell crises, and CABG versus stunting. Program notes: 0:34 A biomarker for Parkinson’s disease 1:31 Use as a seed to accumulate misfolded protein 2:35 Utility in the face of no intervention? 3:31 Blood rather than CSF? […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - December 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Heart And Vascular Joint Surgery Neurology And Neurosurgery PodMed Surgical Care Source Type: podcasts
Neuropsychology and the Study of Memory - Dr. Brenda Milner (BS 129)
Neuroscience Pioneer, Dr. Brenda Milner (Click image to play episode)
Dr. Brenda Milner, is a Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology, sometimes referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology". Milner is a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and a professor of Psychology at the Montreal Neurological Institute. She currently holds more than 20 honorary degrees and continues to work in her nineties. Her current work explores the interaction between the brain’...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - October 5, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research Cognitive Science Interviews Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of September 12, 2016
This week’s topics include use of cord blood, the burden of electronic medical records, utility of craniotomy in traumatic brain injury, and alternative therapies for managing pain. Program notes: 0:36 Pain management techniques 1:39 Back pain acupuncture and yoga 2:36 Transition with insurance 3:24 Craniotomy and traumatic brain injury 4:25 TBI often have sequela 5:00 […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - September 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Critical care medicine Health Insurance Neurology And Neurosurgery Pain And Pain Relief Patient Care PodMed Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of August 29, 2016
This week’s topics include breast density and mammography, genetic analysis and chemotherapy in early breast cancer, reducing sugar for kids, and treating essential tremor. Program notes: 0:32 Reducing sugar consumption in kids 1:35 A third of what kids are currently recommended 2:36 Need to address in children 2:47 Predictive value of breast density in mammography […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - August 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Breast Health Cancer Diet Neurology And Neurosurgery Obesity Pediatrics PodMed Source Type: podcasts
September 22 2015 Issue
1) Acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Teshamae Monteith interviews Dr. Matthew Robbins about his paper on acute headache diagnosis in pregnant women. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about primary lateral sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Jack Tsao about the topic of reimbursement, credentialing, and pol...
Source: Neurology Podcast - September 21, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
Everyday Medicine for Physicians: Invasive Stroke Care
Dr. Ryan Stanton interviews neurosurgeon Christian Ramsey, MD, to talk about emergency care and neurosurgery as well as invasive stroke care. (Source: Everyday Medicine for Physicians)
Source: Everyday Medicine for Physicians - August 28, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: podcasts
