Videos

Mary Gallagher, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses pain management.

Pain can be intense and difficult to tolerate in the short-term, such as labor pains and kidney stone impaction, or chronic and long-term, such as low back pain.

Saul E. Rivkin, MD, Founder of the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer, Medical Oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses ovarian cancer and stresses the importance of listening to patients with the vague signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer.

PK Morrow, MD, discusses the diagnosis of breast cancer in young women.

James P. Moises, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Emergency Medicine, Clerkship Director of Emergency Medicine, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, discusses the management for closed head injuries.

Dr. Rasheed Balogun discusses the risk factors and rising worldwide incidence rates of chronic kidney disease.

Dr. Jay Cohen, an endocrinologist, discusses thyroid disease. He reviews the difference between hypo and hyper thyroidism, as well as the treatment of hypothryoidism. Memphis, Tenn. Call 901-763-3636 for more information.

The tumor-derived vaccine vitespen (Oncophage) does not prevent renal-cell carcinoma recurrence or improve survival despite promising early results.

B. Dale Magee, MD, Immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Practice, discusses a growing trend in which patients are asked to take a greater role in choosing and paying for their healthcare services.

A study in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that black patients were 30 percent lee likely to receive specialized heart procedures in comparison to white patients.

Pregnancy Q&A with Peter Boylan, MD, obstetrician for Holles Street, on the benefits of home vs. hospital births.

Charles Young, MD, Editor, BMJ Clinical Evidence, Editor in Chief of BMJ In Practice, discusses evidence-based information in medicine.

Jeanne Farnan, MD, from the University of Chicago Internal Medicine Residency Program, knows what she's talking about when it comes to interviewing. She's a dedicated faculty interviewer for the medical school and is on the internship selection committee for the Department of Medicine. Pay attention to this one!

Health Commentary with Dr. Mike Magee: a quick history of trans-fats. More information at HealthCommentary.org.

Francis Spinale, MD, PhD, MUSC, discusses his research on new techniques for detecting heart remodeling in early heart failure.

Overview of bipolar disorder.

John D. Kelly, IV, MD, Vice Chairman/Director, Sports Medicine/Orthopaedics, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the importance of happiness in medicine.

Dr. Joe Holley, an emergency medicine doctor , discusses issues related to sever winter weather, including hypothermia. BMHCC. Memphis, TN.

Dr. M. Bruce Shields, MD at the Yale Eye Center discusses the diagnosis and state-of-the-art treatment of glaucoma.

From the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) a warning about heparin.

According to results of a multi-center, placebo-controlled phase IIb trial, patients treated with laquinimod, a new type of immumodulatory agent for relapsing-remitting MS, had a 40% reduction in lesions.

Keeping up-to-date with your child's vaccinations can be difficult but to be effective all doses must be received on time.

Kim Corte manages the Child Life program at the Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle.

David R. Gandara, MD, professor of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the initial results of the ongoing MYSTIC trial, which is exploring the combination of durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab versus chemotherapy in stage IV lung cancer.