PodMed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

This week’s topics include diet quality and longevity, health and coffee, treating depression, and prostatectomy in early prostate cancer. Program notes: 0:33 Coffee drinking and longevity 1:33 Over 185,000 people followed in one study 2:32 Can’t advocate for a type of coffee 3:01 Prostatectomy or not in early prostate cancer 4:01 Higher incidence of side […]

This week’s topics include comparison of two types of insulin, reduced sudden cardiac death in heart failure, ADHD and educational achievement, and fasting versus consistent caloric restriction in weight loss and cholesterol. Program notes: 0:37 Fasting and weight loss 1:40 Followed over twelve months 2:37 No evidence it reduces risk 2:54 ADHD and educational attainment […]

This week’s topics include a novel vaccine delivery method, aspirin and preeclampsia, air pollution and mortality in seniors, and exercise and dementia. Program notes: 0:48 Acknowledge our listeners 1:48 Novel way to deliver flu vaccine 2:50 Side effects and effectiveness 3:40 Low cost 4:20 Preventing preeclampsia with aspirin 5:20 Reduction of 62% 6:15 Air pollution […]

This week’s topics include international obesity, a lack of benefit to self-monitoring glucose, driving and ADHD, and antibiotic use in the hospital and adverse events. Program notes: 0:50 Lack of benefit relative to glucose self-monitoring 1:55 No difference in hemoglobin A1c 2:52 Glucose test strips expense 3:34 ADHD and driving 4:35 Over 2400 with ADHD […]

This week’s topics include ultra-long acting insulin, dressed up veggies, lithium during pregnancy, and a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:38 How veggies are described and consumption 1:35 Indulgent description improved choice 2:46 Education and cardiovascular disease 3:44 42% for those with grad school or professional education 4:45 Need to recognize to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This week’s topics include physician age and outcomes, abortion via telemedicine, age to begin screening for cardiovascular disease, and vaccination of travelers. Program notes: 0:31 Physician age and patient outcomes 1:30 Lower for physicians under 40 2:30 More up to date on newer treatments? 3:30 Older physicians should embrace 3:42 Abortion via telemedicine 4:44 Uses […]

This week’s topics include cancer mutations in endometriosis, adverse events with novel agents approved by the FDA, a diet for gout, and the utility of the NHLBI database. Program notes: 0:32 Cancer mutations in endometrial tissue 1:30 Less than 1% becomes malignant 2:30 Maybe takes multiple mutations 3:30 Very anxiety producing 4:00 Database of the […]