Medscape Cardiology Podcast
By Medscape
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Cardiology
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Is Losing Weight by Remote Control Effective? | Henry Black discusses a comparative effectiveness study that reported success with the use of the Internet for weight loss. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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High Doses of Vitamin B and Diabetic Nephropathy: Any Good? | This F1000 commentary discusses a study on whether lowering homocysteine levels with high doses of vitamin B protects against diabetic nephropathy. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Statin Medications and Increased Risk for Diabetes Mellitus | What are the clinical implications of findings from a recent study that links statins with higher risk for new-onset diabetes in postmenopausal women? Dr. JoAnn Manson discusses how to advise patients. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Prescribe 2 BP Drugs Out of the Gate | Based on an Italian study or real-life experience, Henry Black recommends starting out with 2 drugs for most high-risk patients who have hypertension. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking for PAD and Saving Thousands of Lives | Henry Black, MD discusses a study that suggests we are woefully negligent in diagnosing and treating peripheral artery disease, which could significantly reduce morbidity and mortality. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Give a Kidney for Christmas! Should We Pay Donors? | Jeffrey Berns discusses the issues of altruistic and paid kidney donations and whether either or both are desirable. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exercise for Life: Easier Than You Think | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, talks about a study that suggests exercising as little as 15 minutes a day can be lifesaving. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BP Beat-to-Beat and the Drugs That Reduce Variability | Henry Black, MD, talks about the hazards with blood pressure variability and drug combinations that may improve it. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dosing Errors in Kidney Patients: A Common UK-US Enemy | In this UK-US Skype conversation, Lynda Szczech and Donal O'Donoghue discuss their common enemy -- system problems and dosing errors in patient with kidney disease. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NCI's Varmus Changes the Metaphor: There Is No War on 'Cancer' | It has been 40 years since President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. What have learned? What progress have we made? And what challenges lie ahead? | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Latest on LVADs: What All Docs Need to Know | Ileana L. Piña, MD talks to James Kirklin about mechanical assist devices and how LVADs have graduated from being transition devices for transplant patients to long term therapy. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are You Monitoring Diabetes Patients' Kidney Function? | Dr. Per-Henrik Groop, President of the European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group, warns clinicians to monitor kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes and to adjust their diabetes medications as needed. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 to 3 Grams of Salt! No More, No Less? | Jeffrey Berns provides a thoughtful and very useful assessment of the recent studies that have challenged beliefs on the need for strict salt restriction. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cellphones and Cancer: An Update | Dr. Hans-Cristoph Diener discusses new data on the possible correlation between mobile phone use and malignancy. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHA Guidelines on Intravascular Thrombosis: Central Points | This F1000 commentary lays out the main points from the recent AHA guidelines on managing massive and submassive pulmonary embolism, iliofemoral DT, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Find and Cut Wasted Time From Each Patient Visit | Doctors can speed up the patient visit without rushing or sacrificing quality. This lets a physician see more patients each day. Here's how to analyze the patient visit workflow. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stenting or Medication for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis? | Does medical management trump stenting when it comes to preventing another stroke? | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fish Oil and Vitamin D at ASN 2011: Good and Not Good | Jeffrey Berns doesn't introduce himself, but he does comment on 2 studies that came out of ASN 2011. Paracalcitol was disappointing in CKD patients but fish oil showed interesting results in dialysis. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good, Bad, and Different: Highlights From Kidney Week | Lynda Szczech and Jeffrey Berns point out the highlights from Kidney Week 2011, including QIPs and the Bundle, KDIGO lupus guidelines, the new prolyl-hydroxylase Inhibitors, and TREAT results. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Challenges That ICD-10 Brings to Doctors | ICD-10 will have a huge impact on physicians' daily lives and revenue. It's important to make the transition smooth and be ready, or the practice could end up losing significant money when billing. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AIM-HIGH Ends Day 3 Wrap-Up at AHA 2011 | Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, reviews day 3 at American Heart Association 2011, with a focus on the AIM-HIGH results, which have caused significant debate. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Cocktails Used in PCI: Day 1 at AHA 2011 | Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, reviews day 1 at the American Heart Association meeting, with a focus on the drugs used to prevent complications associated with percutaneous coronary intervention. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boosting Profits: How to Increase Staff Efficiency | Sometimes the wrong staff members are inadvertently doing the wrong things. Hidden office inefficiencies can cost a practice money. Here's how to solve that problem. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Problem With Drug Shortages | How is the FDA responding to actual and potential drug shortages? | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Reduce Portions: What to Tell Patients | Henry Black talks to Lisa Young, who describes in detail how to explain portion control and its importance to your patients. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases: The Tobacco Component | Tobacco is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. Learn what the World Health Organization Tobacco Free Initiative is doing to combat tobacco use globally. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clarifying Simvastatin Warnings -- It's Not Just 80 mg | Sandra Fryhofer, MD offers an important summary of the issues relating to simvastatin at all doses. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Atrial Fibrillation: Putting This Jigsaw Puzzle Together | Ileana L. Piña talks to Bruce Wilkoff, President of the Heart Rhythm Society, about all aspects of atrial fibrillation, with solid recommendations for management strategy. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Effective Warfarin Alternative? | In his first Medscape video commentary, Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener discusses the investigational drug apixaban as a possible alternative to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noncompliant vs Noncooperative Patients: Treat Them Differently? | An ethics expert says that patients who refuse to adhere to recommended care differ from those who want to but fall short of their good intentions. The way you deal with each could affect the results. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Risk for Congenital Heart Defects | Knowing who is at risk, counseling appropriately, and screening newborns could go a long way toward reducing the morbidity and mortality of congenital heart defects. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Telemonitoring Is Looking Good, and Other Hits From ESC 2011 | Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, talks about day 2 highlights from European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2011, which include results from EVATEL, ECOST, EMPHASIS-HF, RESET, and CREDO-Kyoto. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Congenital Heart Disease: When Kids Grow Up | Kids with congenital heart disease increasingly survive until school age and beyond. But do they thrive? Dr. Wernovsky examines long-term neurodevelopmental concerns with these children. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Older, Getting Fatter: Here's Why | Henry Black, MD, discusses a well-conducted study that explores the reasons why we gain weight as we age. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Are the Best Antihypertensives for Use in China? | In this third commentary of a 7-part series on hypertension in China, Murray Epstein talks with Jiguang Wang about the best drugs used for hypertension in this population. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring BP at Home: The Key Readings | Henry Black, MD, discusses a study that looked at what readings you should check when your patients monitor their blood pressure at home. | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heart Rhythm Problems in Women -- What Should We Look For? | Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, of UCSD provides a useful and concise overview of arrhythmias in women and warns that women may be treated less aggressively than men. | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does Vitamin D Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes? | Vitamin D continues to generate controversy and confusion. Could vitamin D prevent nonskeletal chronic disease or is the jury still out? | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Infection Prevention Guidance for Outpatient Settings | Hot off the presses. What should you be doing if you take care of patients in any outpatient setting, from clinic to surgery center? | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Safety of Diabetes Drugs -- Should We Worry? | Dr. Anne Peters and Dr. John Buse discuss the risks and benefits of diabetes drugs that are getting headlines for safety reasons. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Screening for Lipid Disorders in Kids | The recommendations for screening for familial hypercholesterolemia envision a robust role for pediatric primary care providers. Dr. Brothers discusses their implications. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sustainable Growth Rate -- What Happens Now? | Senator Tom Coburn describes the future of Medicare reimbursements and comments on other issues of concern for physicians, such as tort reform and the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walking the Tightrope Between Hypertension and Hyperkalemia | George Bakris, MD, talks to Luis M. Ruilope, MD, about the difficult challenge of balancing blood pressure with potassium levels in part 2 of this series on hyperkalemia. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preventive Care: Finally Covered, Says Don Berwick | Donald M. Berwick, MD, of CMS talks about what is now being covered for preventive care under the Affordable Care Act and where you can find more information. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Calcium Intake: More Is Not Better | Dr. JoAnn Manson warns that many women might be taking too much calcium -- when both diet and supplements are considered -- and explains why this is dangerous. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring Potassium in Kidney Disease: What You Should Know | George Bakris, MD, talks to Domenic A. Sica, MD, about how to measure potassium and the important concepts to watch out for in the patient with kidney disease. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Full Fat and Diabetes -- More Cream, Please? | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, describes an intriguing study in the Annals of Internal Medicine that reports a lower incidence of diabetes in people who eat high-fat dairy products. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakthroughs at ASH: The Take from Two Presidents | George Bakris and Henry Black, the current and former presidents of ASH discuss several of the important findings from ASH 2011. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Cardiologist and the Patient With Diabetes | Henry Black talks to Howard Weintraub about the issues involved in managing lipids in patients with diabetes. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Patient Is at 21% Risk for Something -- Now What? | Henry Black and Andrew Vickers discuss risk stratification and how to decide whether and how to treat patients at relatively low risk. | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
