Mayo Clinic Talks

Guest: Terry D. Schneekloth, M.D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 26% of individuals 18 and older reported that they engaged in binge drinking and slightly over 6% engaged in heavy alcohol use within the past month. Binge drinkers were 70 to 90 times more likely to have an alcohol-related emergency department visit. Ba...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Nathan Staff, M.D. ( @NathanStaffMD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) The cells in our nervous system are extremely specialized, especially those in the brain. Unfortunately, nervous tissue does not have a great potential to regain function once it is lost. Exciting research is being done in the field of neuro-...

Guest: Daniel B. Ryssman, M.D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Generally, we take our feet for granted. It’s not unusual for a person to take 8- to 10-thousand steps per day. That translates to over 115,000 miles in a lifetime. By the time we reach 70 years old, the average person will have walked the equivalent of 4 times around the globe. Yet, we stop taking our feet for granted when...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded June, 2021 To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast   Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )    If you've been vaccinated for COVID-19 , you're able to go shopping, eat in restaurants and travel on airplanes without the same worry of becoming infected with COVID-...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Daniel Saris, M.D., Ph. D. ( @sarisnl ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Osteoarthritis of the knee is extremely common, and it’s estimated that 1 in 2 people are likely to develop symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in their lifetime. Its known that damaged cartilage is the precursor to osteoarthritis. Many individ...

Guest: Erin K. O'Brien, M.D. ( @ErinOBrienMD )  Host: Amit K. Ghosh, M.D. ( @AmitGhosh006 )  Erin O’Brien, M.D., division chair of Rhinology in Rochester, MN, joins us again to provide an evidence-based update on anosmia and its prevalence in post-COVID patients. She reviews the postulated mechanism by which anosmia occurs in this group of patients, and how this effects patients’ safety, mental he...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Shane A. Shapiro, M.D. ( @ShaneShapiroMD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Musculoskeletal pain is extremely common and when severe, patients often gain significant benefit from joint replacements. However, until our patients reach the point where surgery is an option, our efforts to help patients with the chro...

Guest: Tyler S. Oesterle, M.D., M.P.H. ( @OesterleMD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Opioid abuse remains a significant problem, and as law enforcement and regulatory agencies tighten access to prescription analgesics, individuals are seeking alternatives. It’s been discovered that when taken at very high doses, loperamide can produce similar effects to the opioid analgesics and the d...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded May 24, 2021. To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast   Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )    The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations.  "It's...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Saranya Wyles, M.D. ( @SWylesMDPhD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Much of regenerative medicine is relatively new and some of the future treatment capabilities have the potential to significantly change the way we practice medicine. How do you educate established clinicians as well as clinicians in training...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in May, 2021 To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast   Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )    Recent COVID-19 masking guidelines announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, continue to generate a public conversation. "The decision about maski...

Guest: Carrie A. Thompson, M.D. ( @CaThompsonMD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) It’s common for a patient to see their primary care provider after they’ve discovered an enlarged lymph node and they’re usually concerned that it represents a serious illness. Fortunately, in most cases it’s due to a benign cause and most patients can be reassured once we perform a careful history and phy...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Saad J. Kenderian, M.B., Ch. B. ( @kenderian_ss ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Regenerative immunotherapy is a treatment that uses the power of our own immune system to fight malignancy. It can include targeted antibodies, cancer vaccines, or tumor infecting viruses to name a few. Some immunotherapy treatmen...

Guest: Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D. ( @KathrynRuddyMD ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Breast cancer in men is very uncommon, about 1/100th as common as in women. It’s expected that this year, just under 3000 men are likely to be diagnosed with it, and just over 500 men will die from breast cancer. Because it’s so uncommon, there are very few good studies which have been completed to educate...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Richard E. Hayden, M.D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Currently reconstructive surgery involves taking the patient’s tissue from one area of their body and using it elsewhere to rebuild diseased or damaged tissue. Regenerative reconstructive surgery will allow the patient to grow their own replacement tissue...

Guest: Laura J. Orvidas, M.D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Tonsils and eustachian tubes often get taken for granted until they cause problems. Eustachian tube dysfunction is quite common and usually resolves on its own, however some patients will develop recurrent eustachian tube dysfunction and it can result in recurrent episodes of otitis media, especially in children. Although rec...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in May 2021. To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland ) Host: DeeDee Stiepan ( @deedeestiepan ) COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland , an infectious...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Dennis Wigle, M.D., Ph. D. ( @DrWigle ) Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Regenerative Medicine has some amazing capabilities and in the near future, it’s likely to significantly change how we practice medicine. It faces some challenges in educating both the medical community as well as the general public regardi...

To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline Guest: Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.; Andre Terzic, M.D., Ph. D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Imagine a patient who has suffered a massive myocardial infarction leaving a significant amount of damaged and non-functioning ventricular myocardium. Treatment for this patient’s subsequent congestive failure does not involve di...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in April, 2021 Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )  While the number of people being vaccinated for COVID-19 is dropping, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other medical experts continue to strongly encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID-19. And that mea...

Guest: Tobias S. Kohler, M.D., M.P.H. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Erectile dysfunction not only causes lifestyle changes, but it may also be the first symptom of peripheral vascular disease. Since many men are reluctant to mention erectile dysfunction to their healthcare provider, it’s important for us to ask our patients whether it is a problem and be knowledgeable in the appropria...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded on April 19, 2021. To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland ) Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )  Dr. Gregory Poland , an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group says COVID-19 mutations and the virus spread are happening becau...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in April, 2021 To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast   Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )    As spring break travelers return home and the highly transmissible U.K. COVID-19 variant is discovered in all 50 U.S. states, the country is on the verge of a four...

Guest: Devin L. McCaslin, Ph. D. Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. ( @ChutkaMD ) Being dizzy means different things to different patients and most patients find dizziness difficult to describe. Providers find it difficult to evaluate patients with dizziness and also which specialties can be asked for help in managing the dizzy patient. Dr. Devin McCaslin is the Director of the Vestibular and Balance La...

This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in April, 2021 To claim credit visit: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast   Guest:  Gregory A. Poland, M.D. ( @drgregpoland )  Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. ( @hmgazelkamd )    If you're fully vaccinated for COVID-19 you can travel domestically and where travel is allowed internationally, according to new interim travel guidelines from th...