Irritable Bowel Syndrome—Diagnosis and Treatment
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a clinical syndrome of vague abdominal pain and cramping associated with diarrhea or constipation. IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion, and a variety of treatments can im...
2 Mar 202131min
Advance Directives
Advance directives (ADs) allow patients to express their medical treatment preferences. Patients with ADs are more likely to receive medical care concordant with their wishes and are less likely to di...
26 Feb 202132min
Coronavirus Vaccines—An Overview
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are the first of many being tested for widespread use. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, reviews these ...
26 Feb 202132min
Vaccinating Nursing Home and Long-term Care Facility Residents for Coronavirus
The CDC coordinated a massive effort to immunize nearly all nursing home and long-term care facility residents in the US against COVID-19 infection in the month after vaccine approval. Ruth Link-Gelle...
24 Feb 202129min
Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis—A Review
Highly effective B-cell therapies like rituximab and ofatumumab have changed the outlook for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Alexander Rae-Grant, MD, emeritus professor of neurology at the Clev...
23 Feb 202115min
Structural Racism for Doctors—What Is It?
This is Dr Howard Bauchner, Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. The podcast on structural racism based on the discussion between Dr Ed Livingston and Dr Mitch Katz has been withdrawn. Comme...
23 Feb 202154s
Mask Wearing for COVID-19 Prevention—Summary of CDC Data
Natural experiments comparing coronavirus spread on ships and in hair salons with vs without face masks point to the importance of wearing masks for curbing SARS-CoV-2 spread. John T. Brooks, MD, chie...
10 Feb 202129min
Osteoarthritis—Diagnosis and Treatment
Philip Cohen, MD, associate clinical professor of internal medicine at UCLA, a primary care internist who also specializes in sports medicine, discusses the primary care management of osteoarthritis. ...
9 Feb 202140min
