Medscape Cardiology Podcast
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Cardiology
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Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? | A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Short Tutorial on REMS: The FDA Perspective | Dr. Gerald Dal Pan, Acting Director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA, describes the current situation with REMS. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing the Non-Dippers: Possible? Worth It? | George Bakris, MD, talks to Mahboob Rahman, MD, about nocturnal blood pressure and whether it is possible to convert non-dipping patients to dipping status. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EHR: Forget Billing and Go for the Registry | Bob Morrow, MD, a family physician in the Bronx, has had a lot of experience with EHRs and now advocates a registry-based system. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Black Box Warnings on Smoking-Cessation Drugs | Rates of reported suicide, self-injury, and depression following use of smoking-cessation drugs were assessed in this study and support a labeling change. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Another Aspirin Alternative? | Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener reviews a subgroup analysis from the AVERROES trial, comparing apixaban with aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous stroke. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bariatric Surgery a 'Magic Bullet' for Diabetes? | New research shows that bariatric surgery may produce better responses than standard medical therapy in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, but surgery is no panacea, warns Dr. Anne Peters. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CAC Scores: Do They Count for Anything? | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, describes a recent study that found that measuring coronary artery calcium scores was helpful in determining risk for future cardiac events. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Simple Way to Preserve Cognitive Function | The potential value of physical exercise to preserve cognitive function in patients with vascular disease is explored in this study. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dronedarone and Permanent Afib: A Bad Match | Commentary on this practice-changing study emphasized the results demonstrating that dronedarone should no longer be used in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Jobs: One More Thing | Dr. Bruce Cheson comments on Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs, finding a poignant lesson in the life and death of the entrepreneur whom the author calls a 'magician genius.' | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How We Do Harm | Dr. Kathy Miller provides a short book review of Dr. Otis Brawley and Paul Goldberg's essential review of the US healthcare system. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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It's Bedtime: Brush Your Teeth and Take Your BP Meds | Jeffrey Berns talks about a recent study that found significant reduction in cardiovascular risk in patients who took their antihypertensive medications at night. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aldosterone: An Emerging Role as Mediator of Renal Injury | Murray Epstein, MD, provides all the information you need about aldosterone and the new drugs that block it. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A SHARP Response: Good Combo for CKD but No FDA Indication? | Jeffrey Berns comments on the recent FDA label update for ezetimibe/simvastatin with results from SHARP but wonders why CKD was not approved as an indication for the combination. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
