Medscape Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Podcast
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Latest medical news and features from Medscape Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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Clean'Sparks Fly' and 'Momentous Discovery' in Brain Diseases Follows | Eric Topol gets the backstory from Beth Stevens on the amazing discoveries being made about the role of the immune system in neurologic diseases. | 7/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAntineoplastic Agents in Breast Cancers With Mutational Signatures | Dr Markman encourages review of recently reported possible effect of ovarian cancer antineoplastic agents in breast cancer patients with rare BRCA mutational signatures. | 4/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBiomarkers to Determine Who Gets Checkpoint Inhibitors | Reviewing recent research, Dr Jeffrey Weber concludes that an amalgam of host- and tumor-related markers will be the best indication of which patients should receive checkpoint inhibitors. | 4/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Most Transformational Biologist of Our Era? | Dr Eric Topol interviews CRISPR scientist Feng Zhang about his journey from China to the gene editing labs of America. | 3/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Precision Oncology Really Precise? | Without a gold standard for myriad parameters, precision oncology is imprecise, at best, argues Dr Lundberg. | 3/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAre the Testosterone Trials the Final Word? | The just-released Testosterone Trials provide more information on screening for or treating low T. Should family physicians intervene in older men? | 3/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Genetic Lead in ADHD | Dr Alan Jacobs reports on the first functional evidence of gene variants with implications for the pathology of ADHD | 2/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSharing Genetic Data With Study Participants | Dr Maurie Markman explains that sharing genetic data with study participants encourages greater clinical trial involvement. | 1/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPSA Testing: A New, Simpler Way? | Dr Chodak reviews a new algorithm intended to simplify PSA testing. But is it ready for prime time? | 11/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMolecular Testing of Cancers: 'Let's Try to Get It Right' | Use of molecular diagnostics in cancer can be tricky, but Dr Lundberg says the pathologist can ask important questions to help guide the process. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCitizen Science and Mapping the Microbiome | Jessica Richman, CEO of uBiome, talks about her passion for citizen science, her interest in the microbiome, and how uBiome aims to serve public health. | 6/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMelanoma: ‘Tail’ on Survival Curve Is Getting Longer | Dr Jeffrey Weber, Medscape's new commentator on melanoma and immunotherapy, discusses impressive data on overall survival and combination therapy presented at AACR 2016. | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Biotech Billionaire's Cancer 'Moonshot' | By leading an unprecedented group of companies, institutions, and scientists in Cancer Moonshot 2020, Patrick Soon-Shiong has set out to change cancer care forever. Here's how he plans to do it. | 4/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPharmacogenetic Testing for 5-FU Saves Lives and Money | Prospective screening for a genetic variant of DPD, an enzyme that catabolizes 5-FU, reduces mortality from 10% to 0% in patients with this variant and is cost-effective. Dr David Kerr is all for it. | 2/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoes Genetic Test 'Decipher' PCa Risk After Prostatectomy? | The new Decipher genetic test may more accurately predict risk for metastasis following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, but will it improve outcomes? | 1/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeclining PSA Screening Rates: Risky Business? | Are declining PSA screening rates placing men at risk? Dr Chodak discusses the latest opinions for and against routine screening. | 1/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOvarian Cancer Screening: Resist the Temptation -- For Now | New findings from the UK show multimodal ovarian cancer screening to be highly effective in reducing mortality, but Dr Andrew Kaunitz urges clinicians to await guidelines for routine screening. | 1/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSix Drugs for Resistant Pathogens: Good News From IDWeek | Dr Paul Auwaerter shares good news from IDWeek 2015, including updates on anti-infectives--6 new weapons in the battle against resistant organisms. | 11/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLeana Wen: Managing the Health of a City Amid the Freddie Gray Riots | Dr Leana Wen, city health commissioner for Baltimore, speaks with Medscape Editor-in-Chief Dr Eric Topol about her work as an emergency medicine physician and public health advocate. | 9/11/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Frightening Truth About Genetic Testing | Genetic testing is now ordered in the treatment of numerous cancer types. Is it useful? Is it even reliable? Dr John Marshall and world-class experts tackle key questions for practicing clinicians. | 6/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean20 Years Since BRCA2: Where Are We Now in Cancer Screening? | Eric Topol speaks with singer, songwriter, and oncologic scientist Nazneen Rahman on the importance of understanding the genetics of cancer. | 4/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMummies, Neanderthals, and Humans, Oh My! | Explorer of ancient DNA Svante Pääbo recounts to Eric Topol his journey from Egyptian mummies to sequencing the Neanderthal genome, and more. | 4/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean'Emperor' in Close-Up: A Talk With the Director | Dr Harold Burstein gets an oncologist's behind-the- cameras view of 'Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,' from Barak Goodman, director of the Ken Burns documentary. | 3/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCan Molecular Profiling Lower Cancer Costs? | Dr John Marshall asks tough questions of experts at the 2014 Ruesch Symposium about whether information gained from molecular testing can tailor therapy and lower costs. | 12/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanImmuno Death Ray to GI Cancers | Can immunotherapy 'clip the force field' of gastrointestinal tumors? Dr John Marshall and experts say yes and will discuss advances during the Ruesch Symposium 2014, December 5, Washington, DC. | 11/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEbola: Your Lingering Questions Answered by Anthony Fauci | Dr Tony Fauci gives straightforward answers to lingering questions about Ebola in the United States. | 10/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVitamin D and Colon Cancer | David Kerr discusses a new 'umbrella review' of vitamin D studies from across the medical literature, and the potential implications for the prevention of colon cancer. | 7/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBe on the Lookout for MERS-CoV | More cases of MERS-CoV in the United States are inevitable. Here's what you should look for, and what to do if you suspect MERS-CoV. | 6/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOpen-Access Science for Better Cancer Drugs | Dr. David Kerr says 90% of new cancer drugs 'fail.' To reverse this rate, he advocates a novel model for drug development in which science is shared in open-access, industry-academic partnerships. | 4/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Genetics of Living Longer, Healthier Lives | Dr. Nir Barzilai considers what research on the genetic makeup of very old healthy individuals might teach us about preventing age-related diseases. | 4/1/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs There Really a Sports Gene? | David Epstein, author of a book on sports genetics, considers what clinicians need to know about advances in sports and exercise genetics. | 3/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBRCA and Risk for Ovarian Cancer: There's More to the Story | Dr. Maurie Markman considers whether strategies known to reduce the risk for ovarian cancer might also be useful in women with a BRCA mutation. | 3/17/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOophorectomy Prevents Ovarian Cancer | Dr. Maurie Markman suggests that the findings of this study be shared with women with the BRCA+ mutation. | 3/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBerwick on CMS, Death Panels, and His Run for Governor | Donald Berwick talks with Eric Topol about his decades-long career with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, his tenure as Director of CMS, and why he's running for governor of Massachusetts. | 2/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBest Colorectal Cancer Test: The One That Gets Done | Providers must be more proactive if we are to raise national colorectal cancer screening rates. | 2/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFinally! Data in Low-Risk HER2 Breast Cancer | Drs. Kathy Miller and Ian Krop talk about why a single-arm study in low-risk cancer is a huge advance for a population of understudied breast cancer patients. | 12/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeciding on Death While Traumatized and Under Pressure? | A man suffered a tragic, sudden accident and woke up paralyzed and with a breathing tube. Doctors asked him whether he wanted to continue living. Should they have waited? | 12/23/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs 'Normal' Normal in Cancer Genomics? | Dr. Maurie Markman considers how 'normal' genetic variants can influence cancer treatment outcome. | 12/3/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCreative Disruption? She's 29 and Set to Reboot Lab Medicine | A 29-year-old Stanford dropout has developed a new biotechnology that threatens to give laboratory medicine its biggest shakeup in decades. | 11/18/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFDA's Hamburg on Clearing the Hurdles to Drug Approvals | FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, talks with Medscape at the National Health Research Forum in Washington, DC. | 10/17/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNew ALK Agents: Lung Cancer's 'Second Miracle'? | Drs. D. Ross Camidge and Giorgio Scagliotti highlight the emerging data in ALK-positive lung cancer that will change the playing field in clinical practice. | 10/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTKI Hikes Survival in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer | Cediranib, bevacizumab, and novel antiangiogenic agents continue to improve survival in first-line and recurrent ovarian cancer, as reported by Dr. Stanley Kaye from ECC 2013. | 10/4/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 'Darkest Year Ever' for the NIH? | American Psychiatric Association President Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman on how government policies are out of sync with our country's medical needs. | 10/3/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCIGNA Restricts Coverage of Genetic Testing | Dr. Kathy Miller reports on the potential harm that may come as a result of CIGNA's new policy that no genetic testing will be covered unless the patient first sees a genetic counselor. | 9/16/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHealth IT Czar on Making Meaningful Use 'Meaningful' | Farzad Mostashari, MD, reflects on his tenure as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in an interview with Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD. | 9/4/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean'Do As I Do: Take Aspirin Daily’ | The evidence for the benefits of low-dose aspirin in primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer is so compelling that it has convinced CRC specialist Dr. David Kerr to take 100 mg daily. | 8/30/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCancer? Not! | What's in a word? Enough to 'set your hair on fire' if the word is cancer, says Dr. George Lundberg, who comments on the importance of not calling a lesion 'cancer' when it is not. | 8/29/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean'Would You Sell Your Soul for $10?' | Dr. Bruce Cheson forecasts that the Sunshine Act, requiring physicians to disclose most payment and gifts from industry over $10, will bring showers of misinterpretation and could hinder research. | 8/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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