Jul 2025

How electronic health record AI is changing medical summaries for doctors and helping patients

AI patient summaries: Who writes after-visit summaries? How reliable is AI in health care? Can AI help write clinical notes? How is AI used in hospitals? Our guest today is Veena Jones, MD, vice president and chief medical information officer at Sutter Health. In this episode, Dr ... Show More

13m 33s

Jul 2025

Steps for leaving the medical profession: When and how to decide to stop practicing medicine

When should a doctor stop seeing patients? What are the alternative careers for doctors? Why do physicians leave practice? What other jobs can you get with an MD? Our guest is Debra Atkisson, MD, senior vice president of clinical services at Blended Health and a professional cert ... Show More

11m 31s

Jul 2025

Innovative residency orientation program teaches local history to improve culturally competent care

What happens in residency orientation? How long does it take to onboard a resident? What's resident onboarding like? Why is cultural competence important in health care? Our guest today is Jimmy Stewart, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education and designated institution ... Show More

14m 39s

Mar 2024

March 2024 Medical News Summary

Measles Is Spreading Again in the US; Questions Surround Blood Tests That Claim to Screen for Multiple Cancers; Study Provides Insight Into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Related Content: <ul> <li><a class="related-article" ... Show More

12m 32s

Oct 2018

#043 Dr. Dale Bredesen on Preventing and Reversing Alzheimer's Disease

Dale E. Bredesen Dale E. Bredesen, M.D., is a professor of neurology at the Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Bredesen's labo ... Show More

1h 14m

Aug 2025

Optimizing NSCLC Care: Advances in Lung Biopsy and Biomarker Testing

Host: Gerard A. Silvestri MD, MS, Master FCCP Guest: Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP Guest: Adam H. Fox, MD, MSc Cutting-edge biopsy methods and streamlined biomarker testing are transforming early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) care. Hear from Drs. Gerard Silvestri, Fabien ... Show More

16m 30s

May 2025

Your Brain On... Lyme Disease

A tiny bite from a tiny tick can trigger a complex disease which speaks to some huge problems with our healthcare system. In this episode, we explain the biology, controversy, and cultural blind spots around Lyme disease, a condition that reflects much more than just a bacterial ... Show More

50m 20s

Feb 2024

EKU Podcast: Faecal immunochemical testing

Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in the UK, with over 40,000 new cases each year. The positive predictive value of Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) far exceeds that of symptoms and makes FIT an important tool for triaging patients with symptoms sugges ... Show More

21m 21s

Aug 2023

How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic

The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story. This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only. To read a full transcript of this episode or to commen ... Show More

34m 36s

Apr 2025

Tackling bias in health

Bias in the way medical research is carried out means that new medicines for diseases such as cancer – as well as the tools used to diagnose patients with some conditions – are disproportionally tested on people of European heritage. This can lead to those not represented in the ... Show More

23m 18s

Oct 2022

Pee and Seagrass, Heart Sound Maps, Modified Mosquitos

Today we talk about how crystallizing human urine can help save seagrass, a new AI program that can detect early signs of heart disease, and how mosquitos can be used to vaccinate against malaria. Pee and Seagrass “Human Pee Might Just Be the Key to Saving Seagrass” by Jesse Kath ... Show More

13m 36s

Dec 2024

2024 State of Lung Cancer: The Hopes and Hurdles of Precision Oncology with Dr. Jacob Sands

For a probing discussion detailing the American Lung Association’s recent 2024 “State of Lung Cancer” report, we are joined by esteemed thoracic medical oncologist Dr. Jacob Sands of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Offering insight into actionable targete ... Show More

33m 9s

Sep 2025

Sep 26 2025 This Week in Cardiology

A bold trial in valvular heart disease, a CV prevention trial whose message is humility, VTE dogma challenged, more news on oral GLP-1 agonists, and a few public service announcements are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for ... Show More

22m 50s

Rising cervical cancer rates and a new a...