Medscape Nephrology Podcast
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Nephrology
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PCORI: What Is It? How Does It Work? The Director Explains | Dr. Joseph Selby, head of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, tells Dr. Eli Adashi what this newly created institute is all about. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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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Preventing Infections in Institutional Long-term Care | Our expert from SHEA describes how the familiar infections in long-term care settings can be prevented with the right approaches. | 4/30/12 | 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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Omega-3 Fish Oil: Separating Fact From Fiction | Is this another flip-flop message about yet another dietary supplement? Dr. JoAnn Manson clarifies the results of a recent meta-analysis and informs readers about how to counsel patients. | 4/20/12 | 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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Citrate vs Heparin in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy | This F1000 commentary is on a must-read meta-analysis showing citrate as superior to heparin for the endpoints of circuit life and bleeding in continuous renal replacement therapy. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bariatric Surgery in Context: An Obesity Consult | In a 3-part series on obesity, Henry Black talks to Louis Aronne about bariatric surgery in the context of all approaches to the obese patient. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Where Is JNC 8? Plus: The Conundrums of Clinical Trials | Cardiologist Henry Black talks to family physician Robert Morrow about the still missing JNC 8 and whether guidelines should be dependent on clinical trials only. | 4/9/12 | 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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Peginesatide: Any Better Than ESAs for Dialysis Patients? | Jeffrey Berns reviews peginesatide, the novel erythropoietic agent for treatment of anemia in patients on dialysis, and discusses whether it's better than the current ESAs. | 3/27/12 | 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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Should Mentally Challenged Patients Receive Organ Transplants? | A Philadelphia doctor refused to recommend a kidney transplant for a mentally disabled 3-year-old girl. An ethicist talks about whether mentally challenged patients should receive organ transplants. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Using Niacin Plus Statins After AIM-HIGH | Henry Black talks about the cessation of the AIM-HIGH study and whether there is any benefit of offering extended niacin. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly | Dr. John Marshall says that his efficiency as a clinician is undermined as he spends more and more time entering data into the EMR with less and less administrative support. Is there a way out? | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who Takes Their Meds? Who Doesn't? Some Clues That Help | Henry Black discusses a study that helps define the reasons why people don't adhere to their heart medications and offers some suggestions. | 1/30/12 | 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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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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What To Do About Misleading Drug Ads | The FDA can't be everywhere. What is the responsibility of healthcare providers to try and rein in misleading pharmaceutical advertisements? | 12/16/11 | 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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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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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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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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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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Managing Diabetes in Young Adults: New Guidelines | Pediatric patients with diabetes who are transitioning to adult care are particularly vulnerable, says Dr. Anne Peters, who co-chaired a committee that produced new clinical guidelines for these "emerging adults." | 10/26/11 | 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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What's Killing Us? The 4 Deadliest Diseases | Noncommunicable diseases are responsible for more than 60% of deaths worldwide. Learn what the top 4 killers are and what's being done to prevent them. | 10/4/11 | 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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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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SuPar in Super Levels: A Breakthrough in Focal Sclerosis? | Jeffrey Berns reports on a basic science report that has a potentially important impact on nephrology, specifically the effect of elevated serum soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) on focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. | 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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Summer Reading: One Doc's Required List | Dr. Bruce Cheson designates 2 award-winning, nonfiction books as compulsory reading for his oncology fellows and recommends the titles to Medscape viewers as rewarding summer reading. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can an ICU Intervention Reduce MRSA and VRE Transmission? | Dr. Andy Shorr comments on a study that explored the effectiveness of an ICU intervention in reducing the transmission of MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. | 7/7/11 | 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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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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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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Ranolazine in Diabetes and Women: Pleasing Some People | Henry Black talks to Howard Weintraub about treating heart disease in special populations. One drug does not fit all patients. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Imputation -- Filling the Gaps in the Data | Black and Andrew Vickers discuss imputation and how it works when a trial lacks all the data. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nephrologists in Accountable Care Organizations -- Do They Have a Role? | Jeffrey Berns, MD, discusses the new CMS report on Accountable Care Organizations and wonders where nephrologists fit into them. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JNC 8: A 'C' Change in Guidelines -- But When? | George Bakris, MD, talks to Rajiv Agarwal, MD, about the JNC 8 guidelines and what they are likely to change. But since their release has slipped again, what should we do in the meantime? | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aggressive Treatment for Mineral Disorders in CKD -- Useful? | Jeffrey Berns, MD, argues for not targeting parathyroid or calcium levels in patients with chronic kidney disease. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diet Soda and the Kidney -- A Novel and Disturbing Finding | Jeffrey Berns, MD, discusses a study that casts suspicions on soda -- including artifically sweetened soda -- on the kidney. | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blood Pressure -- Take It Home and Sleep on It | Henry Black, MD, discusses the importance of nighttime blood pressure, but how do you manage it? | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
