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PodMed: A Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins (with audio)

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Published: Mar 21, 2014

By Rick Lange, MD, and Elizabeth Tracey , Johns Hopkins Medicine

PodMed is a weekly podcast from Johns Hopkins Medicine. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and vice chairman of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, look at the top medical stories of the week.

This week's topics include adverse outcomes relative to a common infection during pregnancy, antiviral drug impact, statins and MS, and genetic profiles and fatty food consumption.

Program notes:

0:32 H. influenzae and adverse pregnancy outcomes

1:30 Much more likely to be infected if pregnant

2:35 Diagnosis only when looked for

3:10 Impact of antiviral medications in flu

4:12 Compared outcomes of no treatment or antiviral

5:16 Statins and MS

6:10 Anti-inflammatory effects

7:10 Genetic profile and diet impact

8:07 Clear interaction with genetic risk and fried food consumption

9:07 Medical advice needs to be tailored

10:21 End

Rick Lange, MD, and Elizabeth Tracey

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