Child Abuse Awareness
Tracy Williams from MUSC Children’s Hospital talks about the warning signs of child abuse in children as well as who to contact if you suspect child abuse. (Source: MUSC Pediatrics Podcast)
Source: MUSC Pediatrics Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Medical Univeristy of South CarolinaMedical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Head and Neck Cancer: Yul Brenner Screening Day
In this otolaryngology podcast, otolaryngologist Dr. Marion Boyd Gillespie talks about Yul Brenner Screening Day for head and neck cancers. He explains the types of cancers being screened for and indicates warning signs clinicians focus on during screening. Dr. Gillespie concludes by providing information on how to locate screening sites nationwide. (Source: MUSC ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat Podcast)
Source: MUSC ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Skin Cancer: What is Basal Cell Carcinoma?
Skin cancer can be divided into two categories: nonmelanoma skin cancer and melanoma skin cancer. Dr. Bruce Thiers, a dermatologist, talks in detail during this cancer podcast about basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a type of nonmelanoma, and is the most common form of skin cancer. Dr. Thiers gives an overview of what basal cell carcinoma looks like, the warning signs to look for, who is at risk and how it can be removed in this cancer podcast. (Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast)
Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotics and Neuropathy: What's the Latest?
In light of the recent neuropathy warning for fluoroquinolones by the FDA, Dr. Auwaerter offers his thoughts on the connection between antibiotics and neuropathy. Should clinical practice be changed? (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast - September 17, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotics and Neuropathy: What's the Latest?
In light of the recent neuropathy warning for fluoroquinolones by the FDA, Dr. Auwaerter offers his thoughts on the connection between antibiotics and neuropathy. Should clinical practice be changed? (Source: Medscape Critical Care Podcast)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Podcast - September 17, 2013 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Climate, health, and security
Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health& Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and international security meet. Christabel Owens, head of mental health research at the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, explains why warning signs for suicidal thoughts may not be visible to those best... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Climate, health, and security
Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health & Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and international security meet. Christabel Owens, head of mental health research at the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, explains why warning signs for suicidal thoughts may not be visible to those best placed to spot them. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Ketoconazole: FDA Planning to Pull It Off the Shelf?
The FDA has strengthened warnings and withdrawn an indication for ketoconazole. Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers his comments on both the FDA and EMA actions on this drug. (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast - August 9, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Lost in transfusion?
Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern healthcare and can be lifesaving when used appropriately. In this podcast, Sophie Cook, The BMJ's clinical reviews editor, talks to Michael Murphy, consultant haematologist and professor of blood transfusion medicine at NHS Blood and Transplant at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, about best practice for the safety of patients receiving blood; including ways to reduce unnecessary transfusion, and the warning signs of an adverse reaction. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 5, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Tolvaptan and Liver Damage Warnings: Tip of the Iceberg?
Jeffrey Berns talks about the FDA warnings concerning liver damage with the use of tolvaptan, recently approved for polycystic kidney disease. (Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast - February 21, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
#130: FDA adds warnings to statin label; nine brain-cancer cases in interventionalists; why cardiac death risk is highest in early morning: discovery; Predictors of ICH include warfarin treatment; no mortality or MI benefit in stable CAD patients treated
FDA adds warnings to statin label; nine brain-cancer cases in interventionalists; why cardiac death risk is highest in early morning: discovery; Predictors of ICH include warfarin treatment; no mortality or MI benefit in stable CAD patients treated (Source: Radio TheHeart.org)
Source: Radio TheHeart.org - March 2, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: podcasts
" Dimmer Switch " -- The Discovery Files
Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, sent a fleet of unmanned aerial drones through the pollution-filled skies over the Indian Ocean and achieved an important milestone in tracking pollutants responsible for dimming Earth's atmosphere. Based on the project's success, more drones will be used to document how humans contribute to " global dimming " and to help provide an early warning system for potential environmental disasters. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - November 21, 2006 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Cancer risk warnings questioned
(Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments)
Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments - May 15, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: National Library of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
