Stanford Medcast: Expert Voices in Medicine and Healthcare

Smoke is damaging to the heart and lungs, and during the California wildfires this year, the rates of admission for allergies, asthma and stroke increased and heart attacks increased by 40-50%, This episode will provide up to date insights on the correlation between wildfire smoke and COVID-19.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This podcast episode will provide up to date insights on teens and adolescents who vape and its relation to COVID-19. This patient population is at increased risk for contracting COVID-19, and there are ways clinicians can talk with their patients about vaping and e-cigarettes that may help them reduce their risks and improve their lung health.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

Tune in to Stanford Health Care Chief of Staff - Megan Mahoney, MD's conversation on the social determinants of health and their impact on COVID-19 disease. Discussions will address the higher incidence of COVID-19 on people of color and examine why the death rate is higher for this underserved population. This podcast episode will also discuss the impact of unconscious bias in healthcare and what clinicians can do personally to overcome bias and racism.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This episode will provide up to date insights on emerging COVID-19 vaccines and natural immunity. Dr. Bali Pulendran discusses what the term "Operation Warp Speed" means in terms of vaccine development. This podcast includes information about the stages of clinical trials, the status of major vaccines in phase three and the various types of vaccines in development.
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Join Emmy award winning journalist, poet, physician and author Dr. Seema Yasmin as she provides up to date insights regarding communication issues facing the medical profession. With the volume of information out there, there is much misinformation, false information, disinformation, as well as accurate information. Sorting it all out can be daunting. Tune in to learn how to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues, support accurate information and avoid misinformation or disinformation especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This episode will provide up to date insights about COVID-19 and treatments that target inflammation. Dr. Anne Liu will address the risk and benefits of using immunomodulators and when to use them based on the disease state of the patient. Listen in to learn how to treat patients early in the disease process with antivirals, and which immunomodulators are better and more cost effective for later stage disease.
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Listen to Dr. Robert Shafer answer questions on monoclonal antibodies and its use in the treatment of COVID-19 and potential use in the development of a vaccine.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This podcast episode discusses the impact of COVID-19 on pain patients. During the early stages of COVID-19, many patients did not receive procedures they were scheduled for, as the hospital and clinics were not allowing elective procedures. This contributed to longer periods of patients on opioids, and longer waits for needed surgeries/procedures. Now that things are beginning to return to normal at medical facilities, more patients are presenting in the offices, and they are being screened, masked and additional safeguards are in place.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This episode addresses Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) and its impact on the pediatric population in the Bay Area. Multi-system inflammatory syndrome is an inflammatory response that follows COVID-19 infection.
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023

This episode will provide up to date insights in the association between diabetes and COVID-19. Dr. Nicolas Cuttriss will address questions about COVID and diabetes, including; Is there an increased risk of getting COVID infection if a patient has diabetes? Is there an increased risk for mortality? Are patients more at risk for getting COVID simply because they have diabetes? Who is most at risk? The elderly? Pediatric patients? How do you manage COVID in patients with diabetes? How has the pandemic changed the discussion in terms of the social determinants of health? Is telemedicine effect in managing diabetes in patients who cannot come to the clinic? Listen in to find out the answers to these questions and more. 
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CME Eligibility End Date: August 31, 2023