What Do I Need to Know About e-Cigarettes and If They Help People Stop Smoking?
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use, otherwise known as "vaping," has been increasing since 2010. This podcast reviews research on the epidemiology and possible adverse health effects of e-cigarett...
25 Nov 201917min
The Underappreciated Problem of Cardiac Disease in Women
Barbra Streisand and Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the Streisand Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, discuss the problem of cardiovascular disease in women and especia...
18 Nov 201910min
Review of Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
Atrial fibrillation is a very common problem that is treated with a variety of medications and interventions. Sandip Mukherjee, MD, a contributing editor to The Medical Letter, is the Medical Director...
12 Nov 201925min
Influenza Vaccination in 2019-2020
Winter is coming…and with it, the onset of flu season. In this episode, Jean-Marie Pflomm, PharmD, Editor in Chief of The Medical Letter, decodes flu vaccines: trivalent vs quadrivalent, live attenuat...
6 Nov 201913min
How Adolescent Boys' Need for Friendship Affects Their Mental Health
Adolescent boys are notoriously difficult to deal with. However, some of their behaviors mask a need they have for developing intimate friendships. Being adolescent boys living in a macho culture, man...
5 Nov 201937min
Emerging Applications for Ketamine
Even though it gained notoriety for recreational uses, Ketamine is experiencing a resurgence in clinical settings given its versatility and potential applications, including for pain treatment and dep...
22 Okt 201925min
Understanding Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk Through Mendelian Randomization
Mendelian randomization is a powerful technique that enables investigators to mimic randomized clinical trials by characterizing genetic differences between groups of people and studying their clinica...
8 Okt 201927min
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Timothy Donohue, MD, chief of surgical oncology at the University of California, Los Angeles, provides an overvie...
8 Okt 201926min
