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Tailoring the Emergency Room for Older Patients
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-geriatric-medicine-and-aging/tailoring-the-emergency-room-for-older-patients/4332/Why are conventional emergency departments less than ideal environments for older patients, and how can EDs be acclimated for seniors? Dr. William Thomas, geriatrician and professor of aging studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, describes to host Dr. Lee Freedman the philosopHow the Economy Affects Medicine and Healthcare Reform
https://reachmd.com/programs/inspired-to-act/how-the-economy-affects-medicine-and-healthcare-reform/4283/What change can we realistically expect of the national healthcare delivery system, given the existing institutions and agendas, the economy and the current presidential administration? Will the practice of medicine fundamentally change? To discuss these and other topics, host Dr. Martin A. SamuelsThe Role of Neurosurgery for Patients With Refractory Depression
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-neurology-and-psychiatry/the-role-of-neurosurgery-for-patients-with-refractory-depression/4249/Increasingly, depression is viewed a systems-level disorder. For patients who are refractory to the all traditional therapies, surgery on the brain may be answer. What are the benefits, and how is psychosurgery different than it was 50 years ago? Dr. Leslie Lundt is joined by Dr. Aviva Abosch, direcThe Human Toll of South Africa's Early AIDS Policies
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/the-human-toll-of-south-africas-early-aids-policies/4228/Dr. Pride Chigwedere, an affiliate of the Harvard AIDS Initiative, speaks with host Dr. Cathleen Margolin about the role of government policy in the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Dr. Chigwedere's research, as published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, pins fault on these frigRationales for Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroids
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-medical-imaging/rationales-for-uterine-artery-embolization-for-fibroids/4204/Host Dr. Jason Birnholz and Dr. James Spies, professor of radiology at Georgetown University and chairman of the department of radiology at Georgetown University Medical Center, look at fibroid tumors- their incidence and treatment. They discuss the populations in which there is a high prevalence, aCan Viagra Protect the Heart?
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-heart-health/can-viagra-protect-the-heart/4166/The medication Viagra has been shown to have positive impact on the heart in recent research. Host Dr. Larry Kaskel discusses with Dr. David Kass, the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology and professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the history of Viagra as a meResearching Ways to Treat Aortic Stenosis
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-heart-health/researching-ways-to-treat-aortic-stenosis/4160/Aortic stenosis is a disease that impacts heart valves but is often very difficult to treat in elderly and very sick patients. Dr. William Fearon, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, tells host Bruce Japsen about work being done to improve trCommunicating With Families: Maintaining Realistic Expectations
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-long-term-care-medicine/communicating-with-families-maintaining-realistic-expectations/4068/When meeting a patient's family for the first time, what information should physicians be prepared to provide, and how can physicians best address the family's expectations? What are the goals of the family meeting that should be addressed? Dr. David Brechtelsbauer, associate professor of family medA Hopeful Beginning for Malaria Vaccines
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/a-hopeful-beginning-for-malaria-vaccines/4043/Each year, over one million people die of malaria and its complications. Can malaria ever be eliminated, and is a malaria vaccine the answer? Speaking with host Dr. Mary Leuchars on this important subject is Dr. William Collins, senior biomedical research scientist at the Centers for Disease ControlPre-Op Bariatric Surgery Psychological Workup
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-neurology-and-psychiatry/pre-op-bariatric-surgery-psychological-workup/3949/Understanding the psychosocial aspects of treating morbid obesity may help us improve the success rate of these patients postoperatively. Dr. David Sarwer, the director of clinical services at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, explores t