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AMA Update 306: Cannabis side effects for senior and older adult patients with Alison Moore, MD, MPH

1 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:27 0 Comments

Cannabis use among seniors is on the rise, but so are visits to the emergency department as a result. Joining to discuss the risks of cannabis for seniors and how doctors can talk to their older patients about them is Alison Moore, MD, MPH, professor and chief of geriatrics, gerontology and palliative care at the University of California San Diego. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 264: Gun violence: firearm safety and suicide prevention with Emmy Betz, MD, MPH

23 de febrero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:41 0 Comments

In this episode we cover firearm-related injury and suicide—and the role physicians can play in helping to prevent it with Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the «Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative» at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Betz is also involved in The Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition and is an #emergencymedicine physician at CU School of Medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 262: Obesity, weight loss treatments, set point theory & more with Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH

20 de febrero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:27:11 0 Comments

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, an obesity medicine physician at Mass General Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, talks about redefining obesity as a brain disease rather than a consequence of poor health choices. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 238: XBB.1.5 now dominant in the U.S. as China eases COVID restrictions with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

4 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:00 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, returns to discuss a kids strep throat warning issued by CDC (Group A streptococcus bacteria or Strep A) as well as the latest on RSV, influenza, and COVID cases in China and the U.S. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 161: COVID vaccine for kids: My son’s experience with Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

7 de julio de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:53 0 Comments

On vaccinating his 3-year-old son: Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, a practicing anesthesiologist in Milwaukee and the AMA’s new president-elect, shares his family’s vaccine experience with American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger, as well as advice for parents of young kids and tips for doctors on answering questions from vaccine-hesitant parents.
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AMA Update 144: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, on changes in COVID data reporting & more

28 de abril de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:27 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses COVID data reporting changes and strengthening public health infrastructure with Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, the chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in Atlanta.

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AMA Update 141: Lessons from the pandemic with Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

18 de abril de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:23 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger is joined by Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, former director of the CDC and president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives in New York to discuss how we can use lessons from the past two years to strengthen our public health system and pandemic response.

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