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.
Pregnancy and kidney donation, AI to manage epilepsy, targeting KRAS, and glucose monitoring
This week's topics include pregnancy outcomes after kidney donation, an AI-integrated model to manage epilepsy, targeting KRAS in cancer therapy, and glucose monitoring in non-insulin users with Type 2 diabetes.
Oct 30
12 min
Coronary revascularization, AI clinician use, infant outcomes in labor, and donor hearts
This week's topics include balloons or stents for coronary revascularization, clinician use of AI, a model for predicting adverse infant outcomes in labor, and a more equitable way to distribute donor hearts.
Oct 23
12 min
Adult ADHD, hospital closures, advance care planning, and HPV vaccination
This week's topics include a review of adult ADHD, hospital closures nationwide, how can we encourage advance care planning, and HPV vaccination and pregnancy outcomes.
Oct 16
13 min
Liver disease, HT and thromboembolic risk, cancer screenings, and septic shock
This week's topics include lean metabolic associated liver disease, HT and thromboembolic risk, blood-based cancer screening impact, and best strategy for early septic shock.
Oct 9
13 min
Breast Cancer, Asthma and COPD, Statins for Seniors and Improving Primary Care for Chronic Conditions
This week's topics include a treatment for advanced breast cancer, a new target for asthma and COPD, statins for older people, and improving primary care for those with chronic health conditions.
Oct 2
13 min
Exercise for Cancer Patients, Colonoscopy Surveillance, Vaccinations Save Lives, Metabolic Acidosis
This week's topics include sodium bicarbonate in critically ill people, exercise and cancer survival, Covid vaccination and immune checkpoint inhibitors, and colonoscopy after polyp removal.
Sep 25
12 min
Strokes, Crohn’s top-down therapy, oxygen for preterm infants, maternal diet
This week's topics include maternal diet to avoid peanut and egg allergy, oxygen for preterm infants, top-down therapy for Crohn's, and neuroprotective therapy for stroke.
Sep 18
13 min
COPD, Respiratory Virus Vaccines, Preeclampsia, and Cardiomyopathy
This week's topics include a new agent for COPD, a roundup of respiratory virus vaccines, a protein that may predict preeclampsia, and treatment for an increasingly recognized cardiac condition.
Sep 11
12 min
PE, Afib, cognitive function, EKG and syncope
This week's topics include treatment for PE, QOL outcomes for Afib tx, preserving cognitive function, and EKG monitoring and syncope.
Sep 4
13 min
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
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