TT HealthWatch
TT HealthWatch
Dr. Richard Lange and Elizabeth Tracey
Stay up-to-date with the latest research in medicine and science with TT HealthWatch. This 10-minute podcast is hosted by Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, and Elizabeth Tracey, M.S., Baltimore-based medical journalist. Each week, Richard and Elizabeth explore recent peer-reviewed studies and breaking medical news, offering a Texas Tech perspective on the latest developments in health care.
ADHD and CVD, hospice care, CTE and dementia, anemia, cardiac surgery and IV iron
Program notes: 0:37 CTE and dementia in NFL players 1:37 Post mortem CTE presence and stage 2:35 Past look at brains of players who died 3:35 Lesion is perivascular tau 4:34 Warning on repeated head trauma 5:14 IV iron for anemia before cardiac surgery 6:14 Anemic before surgery? 7:17 Hospice in rural and urban areas 8:18 People 66 years or older who died 9:20 Length of stay shorter, private or nursing homes 10:20 Doesn't limit hospice care 10:33 ADHD and CVD 11:33 About a 30% increase in CVD 12:45 End
Aug 28
12 min
Emergency department, ventilated patients, platelets, and CPR devices
This week's topics include boarding in the ED, attempts to clear secretions in ventilated patients, cold stored platelets, and devices to do CPR.
Aug 21
12 min
High cholesterol, cannabis, dementia, and PMR
This week's topics include a genetic treatment for hypercholesterolemia, cannabis and hyperemesis, reducing the risk of dementia, and a newer anti-inflammatory for PMR.
Aug 14
11 min
Caffeine, antihistamines, heart-failure, and e-cigarettes
This week's topics include caffeine's impact on CVD, antihistamines and atopic dermatitis, a community designed diet for heart failure, and e-cigarettes after smoking cessation.
Aug 7
Alzheimer’s, acute pain, alcohol consumption and pregnancy, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
This week's topics include circular RNA to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a new agent for acute pain, trends in alcohol consumption in pregnant women, and diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Jul 31
13 min
GLP1s and AUD, CVD risk, lipid lowering targets, and status on vaccine for gonorrhea
This week's topics include GLP1s and AUD, impact of CVD risk calculation, meeting lipid lowering targets, and no luck with a vaccine for gonorrhea.
Jul 24
Continuing dual antiplatelet therapy, Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and algorithms for diagnosing PE
This week's topics include continuing dual antiplatelet therapy after stenting, amyloid depletion in Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and algorithms for diagnosing PE in people with cancer.
Jul 17
Hip prosthesis, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory viruses, and GLP-1s
This week's topics include a dual-action prosthesis for hip replacement, a new inhaled agent for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, testing nursing home residents for respiratory viruses, and online GLP-1 prescribing.
Jul 10
13 min
Technology to improve stroke outcomes, social media, and clinical management
This week's topics include technology to improve stroke outcomes, adult use of social media and health decisions, impact of social media ban on Australian youth, and an LLM to augment clinical management in a low resource setting.
Jul 3
TKR patellar resurfacing, CAR-Ts, tranexamic acid, and patient messaging
This week's topics include patellar resurfacing with TKR, long-term outcome for CAR-Ts, tranexamic acid in routine surgery, and patient messaging trends.
Jun 26
12 min
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