Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy; Tirzepatide Cessation and Weight Gain
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include metformin plus insulin in […]
AI and Breast Cancer Screening; Cancer After Treatment for Sickle Cell
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include AI and breast cancer […]
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include a personalized approach to […]
Opinion | Proposed Methadone Treatment Legislation May Put Patients at Risk
Isherwood is an addiction specialist and medical director of an opioid treatment program. Overdoses in the U.S. due to opioids are hitting devastating new levels as high-potency synthetic opioids like fentanyl and metonitazene rack the nation. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is a life-saving intervention with unmatched success in patient outcomes. This typically […]
Live Shingles Vaccine and Waning Immunity; Semaglutide and CV Events
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include aspirin and left ventricular […]
Opinion | ‘Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound’: What We Heard This Week
“Those are like a Band-Aid on a gaping wound.” — L. Casey Chosewood, MD, MPH, director of the Office for Total Worker Health at NIOSH, discussing resiliency training and assistance programs for healthcare workers. “Since then, we’re the Saturn rocket going through the stratosphere.” — James Howard Jr., MD, of the University of North Carolina […]
Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include heat and cardiovascular death, […]
Chinese Compound for MI?; Knee Pain Management
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include a Chinese compound for […]
Britney Spears’ New Memoir: Please Read Responsibly
In this video interview, Jessi Gold, MD, MS, assistant professor and director of wellness, engagement, and outreach in the department of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses how we can mindfully and responsibly approach the mental health themes of Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman In Me. The following is […]
Carbohydrates and Long-Term Weight Change; Value of Cardiac Transfers
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include reducing infections with joint […]