Medscape Radiology Podcast
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Radiology
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The Triple Rule-Out: Pros and Cons | Timing is crucial to rule out all 3 main causes of chest pain. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future | Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act. | 5/9/12 | 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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Doc Takes Issue With Public Views of EMR | Comments posted to a New York Times article about electronic medical records prompt Dr. Bruce Cheson to assess the pros and cons of EMRs. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Benefits Overblown? | A society for radiation oncologists touts new studies on the benefits of proton radiation therapy in prostate cancer, but is the evidence really solid? Dr. Gerald Chodak discusses the issue. | 2/8/12 | 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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Must All DCIS Patients Undergo Radiation? | Dr. Kathy Miller reports on a new look at an old study that indicates how to identify DCIS patients at sufficiently low risk for local recurrence such that they do not need radiation after lumpectomy. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breast Screening Continues to Advance at RSNA | Is the concept of "overdiagnosis" appropriate for breast imaging? | 12/19/11 | 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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Traumatic Injuries -- The Latest Approaches on Nerve Repair | Dr. Justin Brown from UCSD provides a review of the latest approaches to treating traumatic nerve injuries and how to determine which nerves are most likely to recover spontaneously. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Role Does Echocardiography Play in PAH Diagnosis? | Dr. Andy Shorr comments on a study looking at whether echocardiography alone is sufficient for the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoProton Therapy: A New Way to Deliver Radiotherapy | Proton therapy is a way to more precisely deliver radiation therapy. What are the implications for children with cancer? | 8/1/11 | 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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Objective Response Rates: No Such Thing | A study in the variability of tumor measurements on repeat CT scans suggests to Dr. Kathy Miller that objective response rates in clinical trials may be anything but. | 7/22/11 | 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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Cardiac Imaging for Risk: Who Is It Good For? | Henry Black, MD, talks about the issue of stratifying risk to determine which patients need cardiac imaging for coronary artery calcium and left ventricular mass. | 6/24/11 | 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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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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E-Prescribe by January -- Here's How | Donald M. Berwick, MD, of the CMS provides specific advice and resources for implementing e-prescribing into your practice. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Belt-Tightening: How Oncologists Can Lower Healthcare Costs | Concerned that Federal budget cuts will greatly affect cancer care, Dr. John Marshall challenges oncologists to be proactive and strive to reduce healthcare costs in their practices. | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doppler Echocardiography -- How Cautious Should We Be? | This practice-changing study uses solid methodology to conclude that clinicians should be very cautious when using DE for assessing patients with pulmonary hypertension. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CT Radiation and Cancer Risk | With increasing use of CT scans, radiation exposure is going up. Is it time for a paradigm shift? | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CyberKnife: The Cutting Edge in Lung Cancer | Prof. Pierre-Yves Bondiau describes this radiosurgery tool, which allows radiation to be targeted very accurately and which tracks tumors as they move with the breathing motions of the lung. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | Curious about the 1-cut laparoscopic cholecystectomy? Watch this video case and see how it's done. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brain Metastases: Are High-Dose TKIs Effective? | Lung cancer patients who develop brain metastases pose a management challenge. Dr. Mark Kris discusses the option of high-dose tyrosine kinase inhibitors in these patients. | 3/8/11 | 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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Brain Metastases: What Are the Treatment Options? | Dr. Mark Kris reports on the varying management strategies for patients with brain metastases who are asymptomatic and those with symptomatic CNS disease. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Killing Tumors in Kids With Radiosurgery: New Advances | Kevin Murphy, MD, discusses new advances in surgical radiotherapy in children with brain tumors which are both life-saving and less toxic. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carotid Stents vs Endarterectomy: Separate and Not Yet Equal | Frank Veith, MD, takes issue with the AHA guidelines that claim equivalency between carotid stenting and endarterectomy. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Cyberknife' Radiation for Prostate Cancer | A new study provides the first glimpse of longer-term results with stereotactic radiation therapy for low-risk prostate cancer. Dr. Gerald Chodak reviews the findings. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Four Issues in the Treatment of Brain Metastases | Dr. Mark Kris addresses the primary issues in the treatment of brain metastases including control of local symptoms, prevention of recurrence of brain metastases, and prolongation of life. | 2/22/11 | 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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Recurrent Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage | In this Medscape Neurology Minute, Dr. Jacobs reports on a study that identifies potential biomarkers and risks for recurrent primary lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Endometrial Cancer Screening: Are We Ready? | Should we screen asymptomatic menopausal women for endometrial cancer? Dr. Andrew Kaunitz discusses the results of the largest study yet to evaluate this question and offers his perspective. | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Prostate Cancer Treatment Options: Rolling the Dice vs Informed Consent | Are physicians giving patients enough information -- including their own procedure rates -- to help them make informed choices on prostate cancer treatments? Dr. Gerald Chodak discusses this controversial issue. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Which Treatment Option for Stage IIIa Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? | Dr. Mark Kris reviews the 4 treatment options available for patients with stage IIIa NSCLC, and discusses the issues involved in choosing the optimal multimodality approach. | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Sledge, MD: How to Channel Your Inner McGuire | Dr. George Sledge, recipient of the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture, discusses with Dr. Kathy Miller the lessons learned from Bill McGuire about translational research. | 12/17/10 | 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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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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New Sentinel Node Results: Who Can Forgo Axillary-Node Dissection? | Ann Wallace, MD, discusses the implications of the Z0011 trial suggesting that many women with tumor-involved sentinel node biopsies may not need axillary node dissection. | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Renal Patients Facing Contrast Exposure -- How Should You ACT? | Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, reports on late-breaking trials on day 3 of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2010 Scientific Sessions. | 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 |
| Total: 49 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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Sorry, but this is not a radiology podcast. It's main neurology.
Not even imaging.
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