New Understandings in Traumatic Brain Injury

Douglas Smith, MD discusses the paradigm shift in our understanding of the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury. He explores how these new insights may impact our approach to various diseases including Alzheimer's disease.

Source: ReachMD | Aired: March 30, 2008 | Length: 13 min

Melanoma Basics: Are You Up To Date?

Christopher J. Miller, MD reviews basic and newer understandings about melanomas — how do they arise, what are risk factors, how are they recognized and diagnosed?

Source: ReachMD | Aired: March 23, 2008 | Length: 13 min

The Diabetes Epidemic

Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and director of the Penn Diabetes Center, discusses the magnitude of the diabetes epidemic. The CDC has ominously projected that one in three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime. What can we do to prevent the CDC's prediction from materializing?

Source: ReachMD | Aired: March 16, 2008 | Length: 13 min

Surgical Advances in Knee Osteoarthritis

Craig Israelite, MD discusses the approach to the common and often disabling problem of knee osteoarthritis. A brief review of non-surgical approaches is followed by a discussion of techniques such as image guided surgery, minimally invasive surgery, partial knee replacements and the post-operative use of multi-modal pain strategies.



Source: ReachMD | Aired: March 2, 2008 | Length: 13 min