Medical News Podcast

Dr. Raagini Jawa from Boston Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh discusses topics in office-based addiction treatment and harm reduction for indivuals with substance use disorders in this edition of the Specialist Spotlight.

Drs. Rosenberg and Morgans share their insights into some late-breaker abstracts presented at the 2024 ASCO GU symposium in San Francisco. The first is a subgroup analysis from EV‑302 with enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab, and the other is AMBASSADOR, which looks at adjuvant pembrolizumab in locally advanced and muscle invasive urothelial cancer.

Drs. Naushira Pandya and Hady Masri share their insights into the unique risks faced by the geriatric population when it comes to RSV.

Are generics for fingolimod as effective as the non-generic formulation? Find out about this and more in today's PV Roundup podcast.

Alison Buttenheim, PhD from PennNursing joins the podcast to talk about the behavioral aspects of infectious disease prevention and vaccine acceptance.

Drs. Rosenberg and Morgans share their insights into 2 late‑breaking abstracts presented at ESMO 2023 on the first‑line treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma: EV‑302 on the combination of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab and CheckMate 901 on the combination of nivolumab and gemcitabine/cisplatin.

Drs. Kenneth Chinsky and Angela R. Branche share their insights into the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine in Older Adults study, for which Dr. Chinsky was part of the study group and principal investigator at his clinic in Erie, PA. They discuss the findings and what they mean for HCPs who see and care for older adults who are at risk for RSV.

Annual breast cancer screening starting at age 40 provides the greatest benefit to women with the least amount of risk, according to a study published in Radiology, a study of patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and subclinical inflammatory changes in joints, published in The Lancet, has shown that 6-month treatment with abatacept can improve inflammation and decrease the risk of r...

Offering telehealth options for medication abortion may help safely expand access to abortion care, e-cigarettes could be a useful smoking cessation tool, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and a study published in JAMA Network Open has shown that individualized venous thromboembolism risk evaluation is warranted for patients undergoing major cancer surgery.

Drs. Dawn Velligan and Sanjai Rao share their insights into the three symptom domains of schizophrenia: positive, negative, and cognitive impairment. They discuss how the full spectrum of symptoms, particularly cognitive impairment, are not adequately recognized.

Enhanced mental health screening should be a priority among COVID-19 survivors, according to a study published in BMJ Open, a study published in eBioMedicine has shown that interventions targeting mood outcomes may help manage inflammatory bowel disease, and meeting or exceeding physical activity guidelines might help lessen the intensity of lingering pain in cancer survivors, according to a study...

Drs. Dawn Velligan and Sanjai Rao share their insights into the three symptom domains of schizophrenia: positive, negative, and cognitive impairment. They discuss how the full spectrum of symptoms, particularly cognitive impairment, are not adequately recognized.

Researchers have uncovered evidence that amyloid-beta can be transmitted from person to person via cadaver-derived pituitary growth hormone, which may lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a study published in eBioMedicine has shown that young-onset colon cancer has a distinct microbial signature that may be leveraged to prevent, diagnose, and treat the disease, and mounting evidence sug...

Drs. Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah and Raajit K. Rampal share their insights into managing splenomegaly in myelofibrosis and the impact that spleen reduction can have on patients and outcomes.

Non-COVID-19-related deaths increased among patients with diabetes during the pandemic, according to a study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, the Prostate Cancer Foundation has issued guidelines for prostate-specific antigen-based prostate cancer screening in Black men from the United States, and new findings, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, uncover the brain...

In this specialist spotlight, Drs. Raajit K. Rampal and Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah share their insights into the sequencing of JAK inhibitors in myelofibrosis and the factors that can influence this sequencing.

How effective is the HPV vaccine at preventing cervical cancer? Find out about this and more in today’s PV Roundup podcast.

Does nirmatrelvir reduce the risk of developing long COVID? Find out about this and more in today’s PV Roundup podcast.

Can early-onset dementia be prevented? Find out about this and more in today’s PV Roundup podcast.

Dr. Krystal Kittle from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, shares research from her background in gerontology, anthropology on aging, sexuality, and minority communities.

Can a blood test identify patients at high risk for suicide? Find out about this and more in today’s PV Roundup podcast.

Ashton Applewhite, author of "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism," joins the podcast to discuss ageism in healthcare, and how ageist interactions can have detrimental outcomes and what mitigation can be done to improve the experience older patients have with healthcare systems.

Michaela Khan from the Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory at the University of British Columbia gets ahead of New Year's resolutions and addresses the physical effects of running, whether getting started, or masters runners doing 25km a week in their 80s.

Dr. Cara Ocobock discusses her latest Scientific American cover article, "Women the Hunter" and her thoughts on female physiology, endurance, extreme environments, and what that says about human metabolism.

How does tirzepatide discontinuation affect weight? Find out about this and more in today’s PV Roundup podcast.