Medscape HIV/AIDS Podcast
By Medscape
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape HIV/AIDS
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Discordant HIV Status and Conception: Potential Use for PrEP | Paul E. Sax, MD, considers the potential benefits of preexposure prophylactic therapy for HIV in serodiscordant couples trying to conceive. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Global Gonorrhea: Problems on the Horizon | Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, describes recent reports about antimicrobial resistance and gonorrhea that are very disturbing. What does this mean for the treating clinician? | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Topol on The Creative Destruction of Medicine | The biggest shake-up in the history of medicine is coming and most doctors aren't ready. Dr. Eric Topol tells Dr. John Reed how physicians can prepare. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tracking Healthcare Variability: Is More Care Better Care? | It has been more than 4 decades since Dr. John Wennberg first identified healthcare disparities across the United States and found that more care doesn't necessarily mean better care. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address | Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Highlights From New HIV Guidelines | Paul E. Sax, MD, offers the latest on new guidelines for HIV treatment from both the US and the European AIDS Clinical Society. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Should Gay Doctors Reveal Their Orientation to Patients? | A religious radio host recently exhorted parents to avoid gay doctors. An ethics expert talks about patients’ right to select their physicians and doctors’ rights to be open about their lives. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Small Practices Can Prosper Even Now - Here's How | Despite challenges to small- and medium-sized practices, there are ways to tap into the unique advantages of smaller practices and ask yourself questions that can bolster your profits. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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$$$$ Reward if Bachmann Proves Vaccine Causes 'Retardation' | Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, offers $10,000 if GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann proves that taking the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has led to "retardation," as she recently claimed. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Investigational ARVs: What Is on the Horizon? | Paul E. Sax, MD, reports on papers presented at IAS, highlighting new drugs in the pipeline. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Winnable Battles and Other Wars: A Talk With Thomas Frieden | Eli Adashi, MD, talks to Thomas Frieden, MD, Director of the CDC about winnable battles -- preventing HIV, teen pregnancy, and automobile accidents. They also cover food safety and the budget crisis. | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CMS Partnership to Drastically Cut Errors | Donald M. Berwick, MD, of the CMS talks about Partnership for Patients, a public-private coalition to prevent hospital complications and dramatically reduce patient errors. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Consumer Medication Information: One Page Fits All | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, talks about the new initiative for putting consumer drug information into a single document. | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don Berwick on The National Blueprint for Great Healthcare | Eli Adashi, MD talks to Donald M. Berwick, MD, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about what has been accomplished so far under the Affordable Care Act. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Senator Coburn on Medicaid: Let the Market Decide | Tom Coburn, one of 3 physicians in the US Senate, discusses the realities of Medicaid in today's healthcare system and the struggles faced by healthcare providers and patients. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Huge Databases and Meta-Analyses: Can We Trust Them to Treat? | Henry Black and Andrew Vickers discuss studies based on large databases and meta-analyses and whether they have a place on clinical decision-making. | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HIV Turns 30: Reflections From Dr. Anthony Fauci of NIAID | Anthony S. Fauci of NIAID talks with Eli Adashi about both the history and progress in the treatment and prevention of AIDS. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big News in HIV: Treatment Clearly Protects Partners | We now have real proof that treatment protects against HIV transmission. Paul E. Sax, MD, offers his perspective. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heading for the Beach and the Intention to Treat | Henry Black and Andrew Vickers discuss "Intention to treat" using an analogy of driving to the beach. Does it count if you turn back? | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Diverse Sexual Behaviors of Americans Aged 14-94 Years | Which sexual activities are Americans engaging in? What's "normal"? How can clinicians help patients stay sexually healthy? Susan Wysocki presents findings published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can We Stop Monitoring CD4 Counts Entirely in HIV? | Paul E. Sax, MD, offers a perspective on CD4 monitoring in HIV that you may find surprising. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are You Prescribing Unapproved Drugs? | Some drugs that are currently on the market have never been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Guidelines on HIV PrEP From CDC | Paul E. Sax, MD, provides an overview of the interim guidelines issued by CDC on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Safe Use of Drugs Requires Reports From Clinicians | The Safe Use Initiative is taking aim at adverse drug events and seeks input on safety issues encountered by frontline clinicians. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Separating Docs From Industry -- A Witch Hunt? | Frank Veith, MD, believes that the initiative to separate physicians from industry is excessive and can lead to harm for patients. What do you think? | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop Hounding Patients to Give Up Their Privacy | Many people think that privacy of medical treatment should not apply to everyone. An ethics expert tells why privacy protects all of society. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Healthcare a Right or a Privilege? | Dr. John Marshall asks: If health insurance is a choice that individuals can opt not to have, who pays for the care of the 40 million people in the United States who have no healthcare insurance? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FDA Commissioner: 'Safety Science' Key to Drug Regulation | Dr. Margaret Hamburg talks with Dr. Eli Adashi about the complex role of the US Food and Drug Administration in approving new drugs while still ensuring their safety. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Obama Didn't Say -- An Alternative Viewpoint | Thomas Ahlborn, MD, responds to the State of the Union message and expresses his concern and offers alternative solutions for healthcare issues that President Obama did not address. | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Obama Didn't Say -- The Supportive Position | Robert Morrow, MD, stressed what Obama left out and is encouraged by the future implementation of many positive changes, particularly for primary care. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Renal Transplantation in HIV-Infected Patients | Dr. Ron Shapiro reports on the promising results of a French study in which 27 HIV-positive patients with end-stage kidney disease underwent renal transplant. | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Top Research in HIV Medicine in 2010 | In the second part of his overview of the most important HIV research in 2010, Paul E. Sax, MD, focuses on when to start antiretroviral therapy in different settings and clinical situations. | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors? | When physicians make patients feel like it's "business first, patient care second," they may lose their patients' respect, says Dr. Gerald Chodak. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Top Research in HIV Medicine in 2010 | In this first installment highlighting the top research in HIV this year, Paul E. Sax, MD, reviews the progress made in prevention and the latest numbers on the epidemic. | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Watch Out! New Problems Coming Your Way | In the next 5 years, new ethical dilemmas will confront doctors. Dr. Arthur Caplan describes these upcoming issues. | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carbapenem Resistance in the United States: What Should Clinicians Do? | Two experts from CDC discuss the steps that every clinician and hospital should take to prevent the spread of these highly resistant pathogens. | 12/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Landmark Study Results | New research provides the first evidence of efficacy of preexposure chemoprophylaxis in HIV-negative MSM. Paul E. Sax, MD, offers an overview and highlights some of the key questions for clinicians. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Malpractice Advisor: Legal Risks From Your Answering Service | A malpractice attorney describes the malpractice dangers that can arise from your answering service and tells doctors what they need to do to prevent them. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Do Physician Payments Bias Their Treatment Recommendations? | If a given diagnosis were covered by 1 lump sum, would physicians recommend less expensive treatments more often? Dr. Gerald Chodak examines the issue. | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healthcare Workers Must Be Vaccinated Against Influenza | Studies show fewer than 50% of healthcare workers typically get the flu vaccine. | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rework but Do Not Repeal Healthcare Reform | Flawed as the Affordable Care Act may be, it provides important healthcare benefits to patients, which Dr. Kathy Miller worries may be lost if the law is repealed. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HCR Post Election: The Real Dialog Begins | Will Republican gains in Congress mean the repeal of healthcare reform? Or will they, as Dr. John Marshall suspects, set the stage for the first real discussion about healthcare? | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Will a Divided Congress Impact Healthcare Reform? | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses what effects a GOP majority in the House of Representatives could have on healthcare reform. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Simple Way to Avoid Malpractice Litigation | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses physician vulnerability to legal accusations and offers a simple means of reducing malpractice risk. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can We Ever Cure HIV? | What will come first: a cure for HIV or an effective vaccine? Paul Sax interviews Dan Kuritzkes at ICAAC 2010 | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Howard From CDC's NIOSH Discusses the Consequences of the Gulf Oil Spill | John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, Director, NIOSH, talks to Eli Adashi, MD, about the efforts to protect health during and after the Gulf oil spill. | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Promising New Investigational Integrase Inhibitor for HIV | Exciting new reports at IAS 2010 focused on an investigational once-daily drug, currently referred to as "572." Paul E. Sax, MD, suggests readers stay tuned for more in the coming months. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Initial Therapy Should Be Prescribed for Patients With HIV? | Paul E. Sax, MD, discusses 3 studies on nucleoside-sparing regimens presented at AIDS 2010 that provide some guidance for clinical practice. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AIDS 2010: Comparing an Investigational NNRTI With Efavirenz | Paul E. Sax, MD provides a review of a highly anticipated study at AIDS 2010. Learn about the efficacy and tolerability of the investigational NNRT rilpivirine (TMC-278) as compared with efavirenz. | 8/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CAPRISA Study: First Vaginal Gel Microbicide to Prevent HIV and HSV | Learn which research presented at AIDS 2010 led to a standing ovation from the audience! Paul E. Sax, MD, describes this groundbreaking report. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |






