Best Medavera Podcasts (2024)

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Measles Outbreak: How Do We Contain It? 27:17

3M ago27:17

27:17

Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Jon Temte about the alarming rise in measles infections in the United States. Dr. Temte is Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Back in 2000, he was part of an expert panel that concluded that measles were eliminated in the United Sta…

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Climate Change and Health: What Can We Do? 28:28

5M ago28:28

28:28

Today On Medical Grounds, we are speaking with Dr. Mona Sarfaty, founding Executive Director and now Emeritus Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Dr. Sarfaty is with us to discuss the effects of climate change on health. Importantly, she provides information and resources for healthcare providers, hospitals, …

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Everything Leads Back to the ED: STIs, Diagnostics, and Public Education 30:30

6M ago30:30

30:30

Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with return guest Dr. Christopher Colbert, Emergency Medicine physician with the University of Illinois at Chicago, about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), diagnostics in the emergency department (ED), and healthcare disparities. Active in all forms of digital media, Dr. Colbert also shares his th…

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OMG Presents The Top Medical Stories Of 2023 18:08

6M ago18:08

18:08

In the words of our host, Dr. Jane Caldwell, "If I were to choose two words to describe medicine in 2023, they would be REMOTE and FAST." New drugs to slow Alzheimer’s progression, mRNA technology used in cancer vaccines, rapid point-of-care molecular testing—tests which give results while the patient is still in the clinic, and diabetes medication…

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A Pharmacist’s Take: Navigating the Diabetes Drug Shortage – Part 1 26:10

7M ago26:10

26:10

Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Whitley. Dr. Whitley is a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a certified diabetes educator. Earlier this year, Dr. Whitley spoke with us about screening …

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A Pharmacist’s Take: Pharmacy Deserts and Patient Care – Part 2 18:31

7M ago18:31

18:31

Today On Medical Grounds we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Whitley for part two of our discussion. Dr. Whitley is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Certified Diabetes Educator. Earlier this year, Dr. Whitley …

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Are We Missing Covid? Delayed Viral Loads Impact Testing 14:18

7M ago14:18

14:18

Wondering why you have symptoms but are still testing negative for COVID? Today On Medical Grounds, we are speaking with Dr. Jennifer Frediani. Dr. Frediani is an assistant professor at the Nell Hodgson's Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the lead author on a recent article published in Clinical Infectious D…

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OMG Medical History - History of Influenza 9:16

8M ago9:16

9:16

Welcome to OMG Medical History, a short podcast from On Medical Grounds where we talk about interesting topics and events in medical history. Today's episode covers the dreaded flu, also known as influenza, Plu, the Cough of Pernithus, and a pestilential catarrh, among other names over the centuries. We will discuss the earliest possible mentions o…

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Medical Mystery Cases - A Bird's Eye View 10:47

8M ago10:47

10:47

Joe Sutter, an 82 year old widower, cancer survivor, and avid bird watcher, collapses at home. His daughter and son-in-law find him on the floor, mumbling, with changes to his vision. Using lab results and patient presentation, can you figure out what is wrong with Joe before the doctor does? A word of warning... it may not be as simple as you thin…

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Medical Mystery Cases - A Rocky Start 13:44

9M ago13:44

13:44

Little Kemena was born early at 32 weeks via emergency C-section. At first it seemed Paul’s newborn would be okay—then the respiratory therapist asked him to move aside... Using lab values and patient presentation as clues, can you figure out what is wrong before the neonatologist does? This Medical Mystery Case is accredited for one hour of FREE c…

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Medical Mystery Cases - A Case of Road Rash 8:46

10M ago8:46

8:46

Join us for another Medical Mystery Case! Can you figure out what is causing Manuel's problem? "I was pulling into the parking lot the other morning and I saw this 18-wheeler parked at the far end of the lot. My first patient that day, surprise! was a trucker, and a patient I had seen a few weeks ago...." Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more p…

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Women and Heart Disease: Are We Still At A Loss? 16:00

10M ago16:00

16:00

“Because what happens is that the symptoms in men are presumed to be the gold standard. And the symptoms in women are considered atypical. Well, they’re not atypical. They’re typical for women. And we then have to define what is specific to women.” - Dr. Nanette Wenger Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Nanette Wenger about hear…

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Positive Results in Alzheimer’s: Are We Now Pushing the Right Buttons? 25:03

1y ago25:03

25:03

Dr. Curtis Schreiber is the medical director at the Missouri Memory Center and was a principal investigator of a Phase III study for donanemab for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Many of his patients were enrolled in the trial and the encouraging results were recently released. Dr. Schreiber is with us today to discuss his work and the findings …

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SPECIAL EPISODE - Personalized Vaccines Combat Melanoma 22:52

1y ago22:52

22:52

Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Jeffrey Weber of Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health. He is senior investigator of a phase two clinical trial for an mRNA melanoma vaccine. This vaccine has significantly reduced the recurrence of tumors in patients when combined with an immunotherapy drug. (00:48) Introducing …

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The Need for Diabetes Screening (FREE CME/CE) 22:03

1y ago22:03

22:03

Free CME/CE credits for physicians, nurses, and lab professionals! Click here to get your certificate. Join us as Jane talks with Dr. Jay Shubrook, a diabetes specialist from Touro University, about diabetes, why we must diagnose earlier and how to screen. (00:22) Introducing Dr. Jay Shubrook (01:57) Why is diabetes moving to younger populations? (…

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Diabetes: Identifying and Educating High-Risk Individuals (FREE CME/CE) 21:06

1y ago21:06

21:06

Free CME/CE credits for physicians, nurses, and lab professionals! Click here to get your certificate. One in three people in the U.S. have prediabetes and 17% don't know it. Dr. Whitley is a clinical professor and certified diabetes specialist and educator. She is with us to talk about screening and diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes, who shoul…

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STIs Are Back: Innovative Testing Is Needed 22:42

1+ y ago22:42

22:42

Dr. Yukari Manabe of Johns Hopkins and OMG host Dr. Jane Caldwell discuss the alarming rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, and innovative ways to improve STI testing. (00:22) Introduction: Dr. Yukari Manabe (01:20) STIs vs STDs (01:35) Major drivers for increases in STIs (02:23) Social distancin…

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Medical Mystery Cases - An Urgent Discovery 9:57

1+ y ago9:57

9:57

A stressed lawyer collapses in court. Not a heart attack...not COVID. Come and test your diagnostic skills with us as we get his lab results and learn more clues to the mystery. Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more podcasts or download our app! You can subscribe through your podcast platform, our website, or follow us on social media for podca…

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Medical Mystery Cases - A Painful Problem 8:16

1+ y ago8:16

8:16

A college football player has an old shoulder injury and could need another surgery, but that may not be his only problem. Tune in to test your pain management skills. For additional related information and FREE CME, visit www.OnMedicalGrounds.com, listen to the podcast, and click on the CME/CE button for your certificate. Visit us at OnMedicalGrou…

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Easier to Immunize: Part 2 22:43

2y ago22:43

22:43

Dr. O’Leary is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado. As director of the Colorado Children Outcomes Network (COCONet), a practice-based research consortium, he and his colleagues focus on identifying barriers to vaccination. Dr. O’Leary is with us today to talk about developing and testi…

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Osteomyelitis: Achieving Antibiotic Penetration 28:46

2y ago28:46

28:46

Free CME/CE CREDITS (ACCME, ANCC, ACPE)! For credit visit https://www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumContent/Osteomyelitis, view the additional material, click the CME/CE button, and get your certificate. Dr. Adam Bressler is an infectious disease specialist affiliated with Emory Hillandale Hospital and Emory Decatur Hospital. He will be joining us to…

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Easier to Immunize: Part 1 19:11

2y ago19:11

19:11

Interested in a local health department perspective on childhood immunizations? Ms. Katie Towns has been the public face of municipal support for a COVID-19 vaccination program. No stranger to vaccination rollouts, she participated in distributing influenza vaccines during the 2009 H1N1 viral outbreak and is here to speak with Jane about childhood …

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Ethical Dilemmas and Healthcare Politicization 19:35

2y ago19:35

19:35

The guest for our third episode of White Coat Radicals is Dr. Mark Navin, PhD, HEC-C, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Oakland University. His specialty is clinical and public health ethics and bioethics. Dr. Navin is here to speak with Jane about medical ethics, vaccine mandates, vaccine hesitancy, and politicized medicine. (00:19) Introductio…

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How One Nurse Called the Shots 18:45

2y ago18:45

18:45

Ms. Melody Butler, BSN, RN, CIC is the founding executive director and president of the Nurses Who Vaccinate organization. A registered nurse and infection preventionist, she is currently serving as a member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee. She is here to speak with Jane about the vaccine advocacy community and how to approach colleagues…

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Special Episode - SAVE A NURSE: Standing Up Against Violence 20:55

2y ago20:55

20:55

Our guest for this episode is Mr. Todd Haines. Mr. Haines is an emergency department nurse and will discuss his experiences with violence in the workplace, what can be done to support healthcare workers, and the Senate Bill 4182, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. (00:15) Introduction to Mr. Todd Haine…

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The First to Mandate Vaccines: A Hospital System’s Story 21:31

2y ago21:31

21:31

In our new series White Coat Radicals, Jane talks to Dr. Marc Boom, the physician CEO of Houston Methodist, about vaccine mandates, politicized medicine, and the radicalization of medical professionals during the COVID pandemic. (00:13) Introduction to Dr. Boom (01:00) Why support the mandate? (03:21) Why did some employees refuse? (07:30) Town hal…

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Finding Polyps in a Pandemic 20:19

2y ago20:19

20:19

In our continuing series "What Are We Missing?" host Dr. Jane Caldwell speaks with Dr. David Greenwald, director of clinical gastroenterology and endoscopy at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City about about missing diagnoses in colorectal cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. (00:13) Introduction (00:49) Komodo Health study and decreased screening…

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Medical Mystery Cases - The Preschool Puzzle 10:24

2y ago10:24

10:24

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a preschool teacher experiences symptoms of a respiratory infection but her test results are surprising. What is making this young woman so ill? Tune in to test your diagnostic skills. (00:00) Introduction (00:23) The Case (01:17) The Evidence (02:41) The Return Visit (04:41) The Second Return Visit (05:14) The Diagnos…

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A Heart Has To Be Seen 12:39

2+ y ago12:39

12:39

In this episode, On Medical Grounds host, Dr. Jane Caldwell speaks with Dr. James Januzzi, Hutter Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and staff cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. They discuss what we’ve missed in cardiac care due to pressures from the COVID pandemic, and what we can do to turn this trend around.(00:0…

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Pandemic Healthcare Disparities 16:26

2+ y ago16:26

16:26

Have you ever wondered why some patients have better access to healthcare than others? Today we’re speaking with Dr. Christopher Colbert, the assistant program director of the emergency medicine residency at the University of Illinois about healthcare disparities that affect access to care and what can be done to address this problem. (00:00) Intro…

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0. On Medical Grounds 0:35

2+ y ago0:35

0:35

OMG is a casual, friendly place with an authentic, audible blend of timely scientific & medical knowledge.Select sponsored podcasts offer continuing medical education credits, while others are OMG originals on topics that need to be stirred. Perks include links to pertinent content so you can drink more if you choose—and we promise to keep you awak…

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Medical Mystery Cases - The Baby Or The Buffet? 8:29

2+ y ago8:29

8:29

A young mother presents puzzling symptoms when she arrives at the ER. Tune in for a few minutes to test your medical diagnostic skills.(00:00) Introduction(00:22) The Case(02:23) The Evidence(03:53) The Diagnosis(04:09) The Return(04:40) Additional Evidence(05:15) New Diagnosis(05:55) But Why? Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more podcasts or d…

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Why Can't I Recall A Recall? Food Safety Relapses 20:08

2+ y ago20:08

20:08

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our lives in so many ways. We have added many safeguards, yet other important practices and routines have fallen by the wayside. One of them - food safety. In this episode, On Medical Grounds host Dr. Jane Caldwell interviews Dr. Ben Chapman, a professor, food safety specialist and head of the Department of Agricul…

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Variants, Antivirals, Vaccinations & Health Literacy 30:07

2+ y ago30:07

30:07

The FDA has authorized two new oral antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19. But what role will these drugs play in the ongoing pandemic? And where did we go wrong in communicating the need, efficacy, and safety of COVID vaccines? Join host Jane Caldwell as she interviews Dr. Scott Ratzan, editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Communicat…

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Adnexal Mass Risk Assessments: Do Algorithms Improve Care? 22:45

2+ y ago22:45

22:45

FREE CME - In this episode, On Medical Grounds host, Dr. Jill Sellers interviews board eligible OB/GYN Dr. Laura Hanks on adnexal masses, the importance of proper early assessment and the likelihood of malignancy. Dr. Hanks also explains ROMA (Risk of Ovarian Malignancy) scores and how using this method can help physicians determine the best course…

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The Path To A New Vaccine Isn't All Paved 58:47

2+ y ago58:47

58:47

We're talking vaccine development with the "Mother of DNA Vaccines," Dr. Margaret Liu. This episode takes a deep dive into how different types of vaccines work, how they are developed and what it takes to get approval, with a special focus on the COVID-19 vaccines. It's a must-listen episode for improving patient education on vaccines. Visit us at …

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RSV - The OTHER Respiratory Virus (Part 2) 39:10

3y ago39:10

39:10

In Part 2 of RSV, The OTHER Respiratory Virus, we'll focus on the availability of diagnostic tools, developments on the horizon to protect against the virus and how RSV impacts older adults. Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more podcasts or download our app! You can subscribe through your podcast platform, our website, or follow us on social me…

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RSV: The OTHER Respiratory Virus (Part 1) 28:22

3y ago28:22

28:22

Lately, it seems that everything health-related is revolving around COVID-19, yet another respiratory virus that is commonly overlooked has raised concerns in the medical community.Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is on the rise across the United States and surging in some locations in the South – filling up pediatric hospital wards and posing …

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A Rare Disease Identified, And A Sister's Hope 33:31

3y ago33:31

33:31

A family devastated by a rare disease and a sister’s hope to find a cure.In this episode of On Medical Grounds, host Dr. Jill Sellers interviews Heidi Edwards, founder of Sisters' Hope Foundation on her family’s personal struggle with Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy with Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia, also known as ALSP. Hear how the loss of …

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How A Hospital CEO Prepared For A Pandemic 33:09

3y ago33:09

33:09

What was going through hospital administrators’ minds as it became evident that COVID-19 was becoming a deadly global pandemic?In this episode of On Medical Grounds, find out how Steve Edwards, president and CEO of Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri, leveraged lessons from the past, social media and international connections to prepare for COVID-1…

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Seven Things To Know About Treating Hyponatremia 25:27

3y ago25:27

25:27

Free CME: Visit https://www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumContent/Hyponatremia, view the additional material, click the CME/CE button, and get your certificate. Hyponatremia is one of the most common electrolyte disturbances that clinicians find in outpatient and inpatient settings. It can be easily detected with a basic metabolic profile test. But o…

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An Orthopedic Surgeon, A Bike Wreck, And Stopping The Cycle Of Opioid Use 31:34

3y ago31:34

31:34

Free CME: Visit https://www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumContent/BikeWreck, view the additional material, click the CME/CE button, and get your certificate. Intravenous ibuprofen has emerged as an alternative to opioids for the management of peri- and post-operative pain. Listen in as On Medical Grounds host, Dr. Jill Sellers interviews Dr. Stephen …

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