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Audio Podcast, (Latest) |
| Description: Volume 148 Issue 12 – Sequential therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection; comments from NIH Chemical Genomics Center Director Christopher Austin, MD on the state of genomics in clinical medicine; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue. |
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Audio Summary, (June 3, 2008) |
| Description: Volume 148 Issue 11 – Subclinical thyroid disease and coronary heart disease; an interview with Paul Ladenson, MD, of Johns Hopkins University; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue. |
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Medical Podcast, (May 20, 2008) |
| Description: Volume 148 Issue 10 – A description of Annals' new ACP Journal Club section; interview with section editor R. Brian Haynes, MD, MSc, PhD, of McMaster University; comments from NIH Director Anthony Fauci about the future of medical research. Plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue. |
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Medical Journal Audio Podcast, (May 6, 2008) |
| Description: Volume 148 Issue 9 – Lipid monitoring in patients on statins; an interview with Paul Glasziou, MBBS, PhD, of the University of Oxford; plus a summary of all the articles in this week's issue. |
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Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Swimming Pools, Atlanta, Georgia, (Latest) |
| Description: n this podcast, Dan Rutz speaks with Dr. Joan Shields, a guest researcher with the Healthy Swimming Program at CDC, about an article in June 2008 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases reporting on the results of a test of swimming pools in the greater Atlanta, Georgia area. Dr. Shields tested 160 pools in metro Atlanta last year for Cryptosporidium and Giardia. These germs cause most recreational water associated outbreaks. |
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In Memoriam: Joshua Lederberg , (May 31, 2008) |
| Description: In this podcast, Dr. Peter Drotman, Editor-In-Chief of the Emerging Infectious Disease journal speaks with Dr. Jim Hughes, about an article in the June 2008 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. They discuss Dr. Joshua Lederberg, globally recognized scientist, educator, national and Presidential scientific advisor, and Nobel Laureate who recently died at the age of 82. Dr Lederberg's early work in bacterial genetics virtually established the discipline of molecular biology, earning him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 when he was only 33 years old.
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Medical Podcast, (May 29, 2008) |
| Description: In this podcast, Dr. Peter Drotman, Editor-In-Chief of the Emerging Infectious Disease journal speaks with Dr. Jim Hughes, about an article in the June 2008 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. They discuss Dr. Joshua Lederberg, globally recognized scientist, educator, national and Presidential scientific advisor, and Nobel Laureate who recently died at the age of 82. Dr Lederberg's early work in bacterial genetics virtually established the discipline of molecular biology, earning him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 when he was only 33 years old. |
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The Mystery of Increased Hospitalizations of Elderly Patients, (May 20, 2008) |
| Description: Pneumonia is a common illness that affects millions of people in the United States every year. In some people, particularly the elderly and those who are ill from pre-existing conditions, bacterial pneumonia may follow influenza or even a common cold. Dr. Martin Meltzer, discusses two articles in the May 2008 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases journal about increased pneumonia-related hospitalizations of elderly patients in England. |
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Cover Artwork Slowing the Next Pandemic: Survey of Community Mitigation Strategies - Podcast, (May 20, 2008) |
| Description: During the next influenza pandemic, it will take time to develop a vaccine and there may be limited medication to treat or prevent illness. To slow the spread of disease, CDC and other public health officials will likely ask Americans to decrease contact with others through altering work schedules, school dismissals and other measures. Researchers recently surveyed the public to see whether people could follow those recommendations and what kind of impact they might have. |
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Dengue Fever Seroprevalence and Risk Factors, Texas–Mexico Border, 2004, (October 1, 2007) |
| Description: Dengue fever is both endemic and underrecognized along a section of the southern Texas–Mexico border, and low income is a primary risk factor for infection. As part of a special section on Global Poverty and Human Development, Dr. Joan Marie Brunkard discusses a dengue seroprevalence survey in this region and what can be done to help prevent infection and to identify and treat those who are infected. |
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Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004, (September 1, 2007) |
| Description: Deaths related to Clostridium difficile are on the rise in the United States. Matthew Redelings from the Los Angeles County Department of Health discusses the increase and what can be done to prevent this infection. |
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Brazilian Vaccinia Viruses and Their Origins, (July 29, 2007) |
| Description: Smallpox was eradicated more than 25 years ago, but live viruses used in vaccines may have survived to cause animal and human illness today. Dr. Inger Damon, Acting Branch Chief of the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch at CDC, discusses efforts to determine origins and spread of vaccinia viruses in Brazil. |
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June, (Latest) |
| Description: Summary of June EBM featuring Cochrane Reviews in general medicine, obstetrics, and diabetes this month. |
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June, (June 15, 2008) |
| Description: Summary of June EBM featuring Cochrane Reviews in general medicine, obstetrics, and diabetes this month. |
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April Summary, (April 1, 2008) |
| Description: All of the pithy and declarative titles from EBM - the outcome of each study is in the title. |
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Highlights, (March 12, 2008) |
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- Self-monitoring of blood glucose did not improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin
- Review: thiazolidinediones increase risk of heart failure in type 2 diabetes
- Review: symptoms, signs, and lab tests have moderate accuracy for detecting appendicitis in children
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Audio Commentary, (Latest) |
| Description: * Effectiveness of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Web Communication, and Pharmacist Care on Hypertension Control: A Randomized Controlled Trial Free
* Outcomes Following Coronary Stenting in the Era of Bare-Metal vs the Era of Drug-Eluting Stents
* Intra-individual Change Over Time in DNA Methylation With Familial Clustering
Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
* Electromagnetic Interference From Radio Frequency Identification Inducing Potentially Hazardous Incidents in Critical Care Medical Equipment
Clinician's Corner: Commentary
* The Recommended Dietary Allowance of Protein: A Misunderstood Concept CME
* CME Course
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* Everyone's a Little Bit Biased (Even Physicians)
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* Improving Hypertension Control Rates: Technology, People, or Systems?
* Taming the Technology Beast
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Audio Commentary, (June 18, 2008) |
| Description: * Examining a Bidirectional Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Diabetes Free
Preliminary Communications
* Prostate Cancer–Specific Survival Following Salvage Radiotherapy vs Observation in Men With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy
* Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Sub-Saharan Africans
Clinician's Corner: Review
* Association of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Genotypes With CETP Mass and Activity, Lipid Levels, and Coronary Risk CME
* CME Course
Commentaries
* The Perfect Storm of Overutilization
* New Developments in the Illegal Provision of Growth Hormone for "Anti-Aging" and Bodybuilding
Editorial
* CETP Genes, Metabolic Effects, and Coronary Disease Risk
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Audio Commentary, (June 11, 2008) |
| Description: * Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial Free
* Effect of Bright Light and Melatonin on Cognitive and Noncognitive Function in Elderly Residents of Group Care Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial
* Clinical Implications of QRS Duration in Patients Hospitalized With Worsening Heart Failure and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Clinician's Corner: Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life
* The Role of Chemotherapy at the End of Life: "When Is Enough, Enough?" CME
* CME Course
Commentaries
* Confronting the Complexity of the Physician Workforce Equation
* Biofilms and Chronic Infections
Editorial
* Quality of Efficacy Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Audio Commentary, (June 4, 2008) |
| Description: Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief of JAMA, summarizes and comments on the week's issue. |
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Audio Summary, (Latest) |
| Description: This summary covers the issue of June 26, 2008. Featured are articles on rivaroxaban versus enoxaparin after hip arthroplasty; rivaroxaban versus enoxaparin after total knee arthroplasty; angiotensin II blockade and aortic-root dilation in Marfan’s syndrome; polygenes, risk prediction, and targeted prevention of breast cancer; and solid-organ transplantation and donor risk factors; a review article on acute calculous cholecystitis; a case report of a woman with abdominal pain and weakness after gastric bypass surgery; and Perspective articles on health care reform in Massachusetts and on mining the genome for new biology. |
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Audio Summary, (June 19, 2008) |
| Description: This summary covers the issue of June 19, 2008. Featured are articles on rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation and heart failure, increased mortality after dronedarone therapy for severe heart failure, electrocardiographic abnormalities and sudden death in myotonic dystrophy type 1, treatment of metastatic melanoma with autologous CD4+ T cells against NY-ESO-1, over-the-counter sales of drugs for asymptomatic conditions, and on tumor necrosis factor α and colitis-associated colon cancer; a review article on cancer immunology; a case report of an HIV-positive man with cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma; and Perspective articles on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and on cancer immunotherapy. |
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Audio Summary, (June 12, 2008) |
| Description: This summary covers the issue of June 12, 2008. Featured are articles on effects of intensive glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes, intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes, an H5N1 vaccine derived from cell culture, and a genetic susceptibility to neuroblastoma; review articles on Graves’ disease and on age-related macular degeneration; a case report of a man with headache and visual changes after liver transplantation; and Perspective articles on redefining quality and implications of recent clinical trials and on vaccine preparedness and the next influenza pandemic. |
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Audio Summary, (June 5, 2008) |
| Description: This summary covers the issue of June 5, 2008. Featured are articles on aliskiren combined with losartan in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy, hypothermia therapy in children with traumatic brain injury, contaminated heparin and activation of the contact system, socioeconomic inequalities in health in European countries, and metabolism and therapeutic angiogenesis; a review article on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; a Clinical Problem-Solving article describing a joint venture; and Perspective articles on a new attack on malaria and on coagulation and adulteration. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (Latest) |
| Description: Improving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene is discussed in this week's lead Editorial and podcast. A new WHO report highlights how 10% of the global disease burden could be reduced by improved access to water and sanitation and by a staggering 15% in the 32 worst affected countries. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (June 21, 2008) |
| Description: Drug-eluting stents revolutionised interventional cardiology owing to their pronounced ability to reduce restenosis compared with bare-metal stents. Attention has now shifted to safety of these devices because of evidence suggesting an association with late stent thrombosis. In a review, Anthony Bavry and Deepak Bhatt assess current evidence from randomised trials, and propose guidelines for the appropriate use of drug-eluting stents in clinical practice. Deepak Bhatt discusses the history of stents and assesses our current knowledge and considers treatment options for cardiologists and patients in this week's podcast. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (June 14, 2008) |
| Description: In this week's podcast, David Shlim from Jackson Hole Travel Centre, Wyoming, USA, assesses the phase II study of Frech and colleagues suggesting that a skin patch could have therapeutic value in protecting against the most common cause of travellers' diarrhoea, that caused by the pathogen enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (June 7, 2008) |
| Description: A review highlights how moderate hypothermia—reducing core body temperature to around 35C—is underused in clinical practice after traumatic events such as heart attack, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. Author Kees Polderman discusses the potential of moderate hypothermia in this week's podcast. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (Latest) |
| Description: The June issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases includes discussion of the female condom, introduced in Europe 15 years ago, but still a neglected tool for protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, especially HIV. Sally Hargreaves discusses the potential role of the female condom, including its use in areas with high HIV prevalence, with Susie Hoffman and Theresa Exner, from Columbia University, New York City, USA, in this month's podcast. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (April 30, 2008) |
| Description: The pieces are increasingly in place to achieve the Secretary General's vision for universal coverage and make rapid gains toward ending malaria deaths in Africa. With one child dying every 30 seconds from malaria in Africa, we have not a moment to lose'. In a joint podcast between The Lancet and The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Sally Hargreaves assesses renewed efforts to scale up prevention and treatment of malaria, coinciding with World Malaria Day on April 25. |
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| Description: The International LRRK2 Consortium, which includes investigators in 21 centres, has collected data from almost 20000 patients with Parkinson's disease carrying mutations in the LRRK2 gene. The Lancet Neurology editor Elena Becker-Barroso and Daniel Healy, the corresponding author on their first report, summarises the findings and their implications in clinical practice in a podcast. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (June 21, 2008) |
| Description: The International LRRK2 Consortium, which includes investigators in 21 centres, has collected data from almost 20000 patients with Parkinson's disease carrying mutations in the LRRK2 gene. The Lancet Neurology editor Elena Becker-Barroso and Daniel Healy, the corresponding author on their first report, summarises the findings and their implications in clinical practice in a podcast. |
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Neurology Podcast, (May 20, 2008) |
| Description: Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the June issue: a randomised trial showing the efficacy of a ketogenic diet to protect against childhood epilepsy; and a trial with phase II results for the Efficacy and safety of tarenflurbil in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (April 26, 2008) |
| Description: Editor Helen Frankish discusses highlights from the May issue: results from the INTERACT trial showing how intensive blood pressure lowering could be beneficial for people who have had intra cranial haemorrhage; also discussion of a genetic study identifying a gene mutation involved in amyloid lateral sclerosis, and a review of stroke in children. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (Latest) |
| Description: Emma Cannell and Sally van der Meer discuss highlights from the June issue: a prospective pilot study assessing the role of stellate-ganglion block to treat hot flushes in survivors of breast cancer; also discussed is a Personal View about cancer of unknown primary (CUP), and the Leading Edge on public confidence in Merck's HPV vaccine. |
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Listen to the Lancet, (May 1, 2008) |
| Description: Editor David Collingridge discusses highlights from the May issue: the natural history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; the effect of screening on prostate-cancer mortality in the USA and UK; and the launch of a series of reviews about cancer in indigenous populations, starting this month with cancer among indigenous Polynesians.
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Listen to the Lancet, (April 1, 2008) |
| Description: Editor David Collingridge discusses highlights from the April issue including: encouraging results from the START trials suggest fewer fractions of radiotherapy could revolutionise treatment of early stage breast cancer; how a phase II study investigating yttrium-90 labelled ibritumomab could have an important future role in the treatment of follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and finally the pressing need for increased recruitment of adolescents and young adults in to cancer trials. |
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