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Exploring Life Expectancy: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-womens-health/exploring-life-expectancy-why-do-women-live-longer-than-men/3810/Women account for 85 percent of the people in the industrialized world who have reached 100 years of age. What accounts for the longer lifespan of women? Dr. Marianne Legato, founder of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, talks withRobotic Surgery for Women: The Future Is Here
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-womens-health/robotic-surgery-for-women-the-future-is-here/3808/Robotic surgery for gynecology has only been approved by the FDA since 2005. This method is growing popularity among surgeons due to its success rate in treating endometrial cancer and cervical cancer. Dr. Patrick Lowe, director of the Gynecological Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery program atStrategies to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-cancer/strategies-to-overcome-cancer-drug-resistance/3792/Cancer cells almost always defeat drug therapies. Can combination therapies prevent or overcome drug resistance? Join host Dr. Bruce Bloom as he discusses the research and clinical issues of cancer treatment with Dr. Jeffrey Settleman, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and scientific dHealing a Broken Heart: Depression Screening for Patients With Heart Disease
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-heart-health/healing-a-broken-heart-depression-screening-for-patients-with-heart-disease/3730/Screening for depression is simple but can be life changing for a patient with heart disease. The American Heart Association is now recommending that all patients with cardiac issues be screened for depression, stress and anxiety. Dr. Kim Lebowitz joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to discuss how doctHPV Controversy
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/hpv-controversy/3558/Vaccines seem to always provoke controversy. Perhaps none so much as the HPV vaccine. Dr. Gregory D. Zimet, professor of pediatrics and clinical psychology at Indiana University School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss the obstacles that may interfere with widespread acceptance oPreemption: A Physician's Friend or Foe?
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/preemption-a-physicians-friend-or-foe/3534/Mark Herrmann, a partner at the internationally recognized law firm of Jones Day and a defense attorney for drug and device companies in product liability cases, discusses the legal concept of preemption. How does this doctrine protect drug and device manufacturers from tort litigation? Mr. HerrmannRadiation Disaster Response Protocol
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-disaster-medicine-and-preparedness/radiation-disaster-response-protocol/3491/Dr. Shira Johnson explores with Ed Pombier, director of the University of Miami Radiation Control Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the reality and the impact of a possible radiologic attack. Several years after September 11th, what do you really know about the aftermath of a dirty bomb?Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: GreenLight for Laser Therapy?
https://reachmd.com/programs/medical-breakthroughs-from-penn-medicine/benign-prostatic-hyperplasia-greenlight-for-laser-therapy/3485/Dr. Joseph Harryhill, assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, outlines procedural considerations for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia with host Dr. Lee Freedman. Dr. Harryhill provides a contrast between more traditional approaches and newerSecondary Contamination: A Threat to Our Safety?
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-disaster-medicine-and-preparedness/secondary-contamination-a-threat-to-our-safety/3451/Should health professionals be concerned about secondary contamination? How often does it occur and what are the signs that should prompt you to take extra precautions? Maureen Orr, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, talks with hoA Quantitative Look at ER Overuse
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-disaster-medicine-and-preparedness/a-quantitative-look-at-er-overuse/3444/Emergency room visits nationwide are on the rise, even as the total number of emergency rooms is falling. Add this to the fact that, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's recent publication, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, o