PodMed – Week of Jan 6, 2014
This week’s topics include vitamin E and Alzheimer’s, driving distracted, mammography statistics, and global effects of smoking. Program Notes Related Article: Vitamin E Redux
View ArticlePodMed – Week of Jan 27, 2014
This week’s topics include mortality and timing of MI, new antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, handguns and homicide and suicide, and vitamin D levels and MS. Download PDF Transcript Related...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of Mar 17, 2014
This week’s topics include whole genome sequencing, the impact of surgical checklists, discontinuing randomized trials, and a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease. Program notes: 0:30 Blood test for...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of September 15, 2014
This week’s topics include new hip and knee prostheses, cannabis use in adolescents, questionable use of medicines in people with dementia, and aspirin to prevent preeclampsia. Program notes: 0:35...
View ArticleDecember 3, 2014 – : Neuron Model
Anchor lead: Do we finally have a laboratory model for Alzheimer’s disease that is practical? Elizabeth Tracey reports Researchers have succeeded in developing a human model for Alzheimer’s disease by...
View ArticleDecember 4, 2014 – Helping Caregivers
Anchor lead: Can a program to help caregivers reduce the stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mind at Home is a program developed by Constantine Lyketsos, an...
View ArticleMarch 19, 2015 – Behavior and Alzheimer’s
Anchor lead: Recent federal data reveal that use of a class of medications to control behavior in people with Alzheimer’s disease just keeps going up, Elizabeth Tracey reports Atypical antipsychotics...
View ArticleMarch 20, 2015 – Choosing Alternatives
Anchor lead: Can another approach avoid use of antipsychotic medicines in people with Alzheimer’s? Elizabeth Tracey reports The acronym DICE describes a new approach developed by Constantine Lyketsos,...
View ArticleMarch 23, 2015 – FINGER Trial
Anchor lead: Can a multifaceted approach delay Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can memory decline and the development of Alzheimer’s disease be slowed down by a global approach to risk...
View ArticleMarch 24, 2015 – Modest Results
Anchor lead: A trial called Finger took a comprehensive approach to slowing down Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Employing physical and mental activity, social interaction and...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of July 13, 2015
This week’s topics include cognitive decline with and after stroke, health care workers reporting to work sick, extended anticoagulation after PE, and sublingual allergen treatment. Program notes: 0:38...
View ArticleOctober 2, 2015 – Glucose Tolerance and Dementia
Anchor lead: Could variations in a common test identify early dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oral glucose tolerance tests are commonly used during pregnancy and to test for diabetes. Now research...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of November 30, 2015
This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of February 15, 2016
This week’s topics include seafood consumption and Alzheimer’s disease, transcranial stimulation for tinnitus, long term use of marijuana and cognition, and mobile texts for medication adherence....
View ArticleApril 25, 2016 – Amyloid Depletion
Anchor lead: Will removing the substance known as amyloid slow down Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports The amyloid hypothesis holds that accumulation of amyloid, mostly protein, in the...
View ArticleApril 26, 2016 – Comorbidity
Anchor lead: How do other illnesses affect care of someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports It costs billions of dollars to treat the coexisting illnesses of someone who has...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of May 9, 2016
This week’s topics include dementia and depression, complications of implanted defibrillators, the most common emergency surgeries, and treatment of insomnia. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of insomnia...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of July 4, 2016
This week’s topics include end of life care in a spectrum of illness, dementia and blood transfusions, coprescribing of naloxone with opioids, and treatment of binge eating disorder. Program notes:...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of October 17, 2016
This week’s topics include use of vitamins and supplements, detecting atrial fibrillation, calcium supplements and heart disease, and use of ventilators in people with advanced dementia. Program notes:...
View ArticlePodMed – Week of December 19, 2016
This week’s topics include statins and Alzheimer’s, teen substance use, national mortality data, and psychiatric drug use in American adults. Program notes: 0:33 Cause specific mortality in the US 1:35...
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