Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
Community acquired pneumonia accounts for 600,000 hospital admissions a year. Many patients with this disease are quite ill and have a very high mortality. To save lives, the appropriate antibiotics s...
9 Feb 201618min
New Dietary Guidelines
The 2015-2020 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans were recently released. They are intended to provide guidance for health policy officials and clinicians regarding healthy diets and establishing goal...
2 Feb 201625min
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is a highly prevalent and morbid condition affecting 2% to 7% of the population. Patients frequently experience pain and are at risk of falls, ulcerations, and amputations. It is...
19 Jan 201626min
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Constipation
Constipation is one of the most frequent problems clinicians are asked to deal with. Despite how common it is, constipation is frequently not treated adequately. In this podcast, Arnold Wald, MD, expl...
12 Jan 201627min
Antibiotics vs Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis Treatment
Appendicitis is one of the most common reasons people undergo abdominal surgery. Lost in history are the reasons why appendectomy was performed in the first place, and in the hundred years since appen...
29 Des 201519min
Head Trauma
Minor head trauma usually does not cause significant brain injury. To be safe, clinicians often obtain head CT scans to ensure no major injury is present. For minor head trauma (Glascow coma scale 13-...
22 Des 201525min
Graves Disease
Edward H. Livingston, MD discusses Graves disease with David Cooper, MD, author of Management of Graves Disease: A Review
15 Des 201524min
Prostate Cancer Screening
Edward H. Livingston MD, explores the topic of prostate cancer screening in author interviews with: Dan Merenstein about losing a malpractice case despite following evidence-based medicine guidelines...
17 Nov 201518min
