#223 Hot COVID Cakes: COVID19 Disparities, Steroids, Hormones for Depression, Probiotics

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

This episode is Half COVID Cakes, Half Hotcakes, and entirely enlightening. Our guest Dr. Utibe Essien MD, MPH @UREssien and Curbsider/epidemiologist, Dr. Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH @rbganatra discuss some Hot COVID Cakes including: racial differences in COVID-19 outcomes, why dogs and dexamethasone may hold the key to defeating COVID-19, how hormonal adjunctive therapies might be key for depression, and when to poo-poo probiotics versus when a side of Lactobacillus may be beneficial.

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Credits

• Written and Produced by: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPHl Emi Okamoto MD; Sarah P. Roberts MPH; and Matthew Watto MD
  
• Show Notes and CME questions by: Deborah J. Gorth ScM
  
• Cover Art: Deborah J. Gorth ScM
  
• Hosts: Matthew Watto MD; Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Emi Okamoto MD, and Sarah P. Roberts MPH
  
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  
• Guest: Utibe Essien MD, MPH
  

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Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  
• 02:20 Silver Linings / Picks of the Week: Chicken Run (2000) and Chicken Run 2 on Netflix; Philly Inquirer story on COVID sniffing dogs; Buy some peaches! And check out their Wikipedia page!
  
• 07:33 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Black and White patients with COVID-19
  
• 26:10 Dexamethasone for COVID-19
  
• 28:55 Hormonal therapy for depression
  
• 38:16 Probiotics
• 45:00 Outro