Best Respiratory Leadership Podcasts (2025)

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“Shock, Sync, Save 🫀: 2025 AUC Updates Explained” 4:29

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🚨 New in 2025! The ACC/AHA Appropriate Use Criteria for ICDs, CRT, and Pacing just got a major upgrade! 🫀📊 Covering 335 real-world scenarios, this document is your go-to guide for when (and when not) to implant. 💡 What’s 🔥 in the update? ⚡ Leadless & conduction system pacing 🔁 CRT refined for better outcomes 🧠 Smart use in LVADs, post-transplant, &…

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Dr. RR Baliga’s Philosophical Discourses: : Adi Shankaracharya (India, 788–820 CE) - – Advaita Vedanta Philosopher 3:00

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🧘‍♂️📿 Discover the timeless wisdom of Adi Shankaracharya (788–820 CE) — the master of Advaita Vedanta who redefined spirituality with concepts like Atman, Brahman & Sanyasa. His teachings on non-duality still inspire seekers worldwide. 🌍📚 #Philosophy #Vedanta #SpiritualityBy MasterMedFacts LLC

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Coronary Plaque Rupture. Erosion. Revelation. 🔬🫀🧠 5:27

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🫀 New insights from Covani et al. and Ben-Yehuda’s editorial reveal a striking paradox: more cardiovascular risk factors 🔥 = more plaque rupture, but less erosion! 🧊 Using OCT imaging, they show how traditional risks drive inflammatory, rupture-prone plaques, while erosion may follow a different path altogether—less lipid, less inflammation, more m…

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🌫️ The Exposome Effect: What’s in Your Air, Food, and Life? 🍔🧪🚦 Everything but DNA — The New Frontier in Health 2:49

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🌍🔬 What’s shaping your health beyond your genes? Introducing our latest Got Knowledge Doc podcast episode: “Beyond Genes, Beneath the Skin 🧬🌫️” — a deep dive into the exposome, the totality of your environmental exposures from womb to tomb. From microplastics to sleep, PFAS to social stress, we’re mapping the missing link in precision medicine. 🎧 T…

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How A Surprisingly Simple Patch Could Revolutionize Respiratory Care 52:14

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Did you know that asthma attacks actually build up over weeks, not minutes? Most of us envision asthma attacks as sudden emergencies, but the truth is far more complex - and understanding this could save lives. Dr. Awesome sits down with Sharon Samjitsingh, CEO of Health Care Originals, to discuss their groundbreaking wearable technology that liste…

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💓 TREGs, Fibrosis & Hope: Rewiring the HCM Heart 3:02

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🚨 New Insights in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)! 💓 Groundbreaking research shows that regulatory T cells (TREGs) can reduce fibrosis, suppress inflammation, and even improve heart function in HCM 🧬🛡️ From adoptive TREG transfer to IL-2 therapy, immunomodulation is emerging as a promising strategy alongside genetic and myosin-targeted treatments…

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💤🧠 Flush, Sleep, Forget: The Glymphatic Code in Alzheimer’s Disease 2:29

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🧠💤 Just dropped our latest Got Knowledge Doc podcast: “Flush, Sleep, Forget: The Glymphatic Code in Alzheimer’s Disease” 🧬🎧 We explore how the brain’s nighttime rinse cycle clears toxic proteins like amyloid β and tau—and what happens when that system breaks down. From rodent models to human MRI, it’s a story of sleep, science, and hope. 🌙🔬 Listen …

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Gut Talks to the Heart 🥗💓🧠: The Incretin Connection 4:21

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🚨 New Podcast Episode! 🎙️ “Gut Talks to the Heart 🥗💓🧠: The Incretin Connection” Did you know that GLP-1 and GIP do far more than control blood sugar? These humble gut hormones orchestrate perfusion, reduce inflammation, protect the brain, heart, kidneys—and may even slow cognitive decline. 💊 From diabetes care to cardio-renal-neuro protection, incr…

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👄 Mouths Heal Better: What Your Skin Can Learn from Oral Wounds 3:55

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Exciting new insights from Science Translational Medicine (2025)! Researchers uncovered how the GAS6–AXL–FAK axis determines whether wounds heal with scars or regeneration. 🧬💉 💡 Activating AXL with GAS6 rewires fibrotic healing into scarless repair — especially in the oral mucosa. 💥 Blocking AXL flips the script, leading to fibrosis even in normall…

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☕ Evidence Per Cup: Coffee and Cardiovascular Outcomes 4:53

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☕💓 Is your daily brew helping or harming your heart? New evidence from a comprehensive European Heart Journal review suggests that moderate coffee consumption (1–4 cups/day) is linked to reduced risks of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, and even mortality. 🧬 Benefits often persist regardless of caffeine…

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Episode 78 - RT Residency at Memorial Hermann 37:52

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Send us a text Today is the start of Summer Forum!!!! Insert Barfly Clap. Summer Forum is an annual opportunity for RT Educators and RT Leaders to come together for a mutual purpose. That purpose, ensuring the Respiratory Therapy profession strives in the future, and that future starts with our new RTs. The success of new grads directly impacts you…

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Longevity’s Guardians?: The Brain and Immune System Duo 3:17

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🧠🧬 New research alert! Plasma proteomics from 44,000+ UK Biobank participants reveals that the brain and immune system are powerful predictors of longevity. A youthful brain and immune system cut mortality risk nearly in half—more so than any other organ. This could reshape how we think about aging, diagnostics, and preventive medicine. 📊 Machine l…

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Five to Thrive: Slash Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk ✋🛡️🧬 4:42

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📣 New insights from a global study on cardiovascular disease! 🌍❤️ Even without traditional risk factors, your lifetime risk of CVD isn’t zero — but midlife action can add a decade or more of healthy life. 🧠💡 Key takeaway: Knowing is not enough — we must apply. 🩺📊✅ #CardiovascularHealth #PreventionMatters #GlobalHealth #PrecisionMedicine #PublicHeal…

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Fat Depot Drama: From Swell to Well 🏕️📉😊 2:46

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🔬 Just read a fascinating News & Views in Nature on how weight loss reshapes adipose tissue beyond just shedding fat! 🧬 Using single-nucleus RNA-seq and spatial profiling, researchers found that bariatric surgery reverses stress, inflammation, and senescence in fat depots—yet some immune memory lingers. 🧠🔥 A compelling case for adipose plasticity—a…

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Sugar Switches: HFpEF’s Hidden Code 🧩🫀🧬 3:23

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🧠💓 Just read a fascinating new study in Cell Metabolism (July 2025): dislocation of hexokinase 1 from mitochondria increases O-GlcNAcylation in endothelial cells — a hidden driver of HFpEF! Reversing this sugar-tagging with OGA overexpression or OGT inhibition restores heart function in mice. Precision metabolism meets cardiology. 🔬❤️‍🔥 #HFpEF #OGl…

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Episode 77 - Yummy Snack with the "Respiratory Coach" 8:57

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Send us a text As we prepare for Summer Forum, JJ, Mindy, and I wanted to give you a little snack for all the educators and students out there. For all the "Baby RTs" out there, your best friend Joe Lewis, aka "Respiratory Coach" is on the show! We all love Joe and he elevates all of us. Thank you Joe and see you in Florida! #SummerForum, #BabyRTs,…

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Building a POCUS Powerhouse: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workflow, Training and Innovation in Pulmonary Critical Care 29:50

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Discover how Cleveland Clinic transformed a single ultrasound machine into a cutting-edge, hospital-wide Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) program that now performs thousands of cardiac, lung, and vascular ultrasounds annually. In this episode, Drs. Ajit Moghekar and Siddharth Dugar detail their journey from early adoption to national leadershi…

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Cats, Dogs, and Clarity 🐕🐈💡: The Cognitive Perks of Pet Ownership 3:34

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🐾 New Research Alert! 🧠 Owning a dog or cat may do more than warm your heart — it could help preserve your mind! 🐶🐱 A large 18-year study across Europe found that pet owners experienced slower cognitive decline, especially in memory and verbal fluency. 🧪 No boost seen with fish or birds 🐠🐦, but fur friends = brain gains! 🔗 Let’s rethink aging — wit…

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🧪🛡️ Stroke Shield: How Tirofiban Tips the Scales 3:14

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🧠✨ New Stroke Breakthrough! The ASSET-IT trial shows that early infusion of tirofiban after thrombolysis significantly boosts recovery in noncardioembolic stroke patients — with 65.9% achieving excellent outcomes at 90 days vs 54.9% with placebo 📈💉 ✅ Improved function ⚠️ Slightly higher bleeding risk 🌏 Study conducted across 38 centers in China 📚 R…

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🧠 Trinity & Truth: The Theological Legacy of Boethius 📜 2:45

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📚✨ Just explored Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy — a timeless journey from despair to divine reason. Written in prison, this masterpiece blends Roman philosophy with Nicene Christian theology, standing firm against Arianism. 🕊️⚖️ 🎧 Listen now: Dr. Baliga’s Got Knowledge Doc Podkast #Boethius #Theology #FaithAndReason #Podcast 💡🎙️📜…

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Exercise Without Exercise? Betaine’s Magic Revealed! 🧘✨🧬” 3:03

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💡 New Study Alert! 🏃‍♂️🧪 Kidney-derived betaine mimics long-term exercise—blocking TBK1, reducing inflammation, and reversing aging markers. This multi-omics human + mouse study uncovers betaine as a precision geroprotector for those who can’t hit the gym. 📈 A leap toward exercise mimetics in aging science! #Geroprotection #PrecisionMedicine #Exerc…

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Breathwork: Pulmonary Hypertension with Professor Sean Gaine (Part 2) 39:46

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This week, we’re joined by Professor Seán Gaine, Ireland’s foremost expert in pulmonary hypertension. In this insightful episode, he shares his expert perspective on the diagnosis, classification, and clinical presentation of the condition, as well as the latest advances in treatment. A must-listen for all healthcare professionals, Professor Gaine …

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🧪 Reset, Rewind, Rejuvenate: Chemical Reprogramming Against Aging 3:07

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🧬 Rewinding Cellular Time with Chemistry! 🧪 A groundbreaking study just showed that a two-chemical cocktail (2c) — Tranylcypromine + Repsox — can reverse aging markers in human cells and extend C. elegans lifespan by 42%! 🐛💥 Unlike gene-based reprogramming, this method is safer, scalable, and preserves cell identity. Think of it as “Yamanaka lite” …

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From ABI to Amputation: Navigating PAD with Precision 3:32

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🚶‍♂️💔 Just recorded a podcast on Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) – a silent threat affecting 200M+ people worldwide. We unpack the latest 2024 ACC/AHA guidelines: ✅ When to screen 💊 What therapies work 🦿 How to save limbs & lives Tune in to walk away smarter. 👣🎙️ #PAD #Cardiology #Guidelines #Prevention #LimbSalvage…

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Osteoporosis Uncovered: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery 🔍🛡️🔄 4:25

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Just finished reviewing the latest JAMA 2025 article on osteoporosis by Morin et al. — a must-read for anyone managing bone health in aging adults! 📉 Despite advances, 70% of fractures occur in those without DXA-defined osteoporosis. 💊 Treatment isn’t just about T-scores — it’s about fracture risk, fall prevention, and smart sequencing of antiresor…

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🧬 Targeting Aldosterone: A New Shot at Hypertension 🎯💥 3:45

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🚨 New breakthrough in hypertension care! 💊 The Launch-HTN trial shows lorundrostat — a selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor — significantly lowers systolic BP in patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension. 📉 −16.9 mmHg vs −7.9 mmHg with placebo (P < .001) 🧪 Safe, well-tolerated, and effective across subgroups. A potential ga…

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Diagnose, Personalize, Optimize: The 2025 Diabetes Blueprint 4:19

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Our latest podcast episode unpacks the 2025 JAMA Review on Type 2 Diabetes 🔬💊 We explore: ✅ New diagnostic strategies ✅ Why GLP-1s & SGLT2is are game-changers ✅ How lifestyle change can lead to remission ✅ Individualizing A1C goals in real-world care 🎙️ Episode Title: “Diagnose, Personalize, Optimize: The 2025 Diabetes Blueprint” 📈 Essential listen…

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Early to Bed, Stronger Steps Ahead 💤💪👣” 2:59

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How we sleep tonight shapes how we move tomorrow! 📉🏃‍♂️ In a large-scale wearable study (📱WHOOP & Fitbit data from >25,000 adults), researchers found: ✅ Sleeping earlier than usual boosts next-day physical activity ❌ Longer or later sleep = less movement 🔥 Max gains came from consistent sleep duration + early bedtime Let’s rethink our 💤 to power ou…

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Wrinkle, Rust, and Rewind: 17 Theories of Why We Age 7:32

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🧬 Curious why we age? 🕰️ From DNA damage to developmental programs gone rogue, this new podcast episode dives deep into 17 theories of ageing — some classic, some controversial. 🔍 We explore wear-and-tear, free radicals, telomeres, mitochondria, stem cell exhaustion, and the rising stars of epigenetic drift and hyperfunction theory. 🎙️ Whether you’…

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💥 Beyond the Block: Cracking the Code of Chest Pain 🔬❤️ 6:09

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Refractory Angina: Time to Rethink the Diagnosis 🫀💥 Chest pain that defies stents and statins? It may not be your typical obstructive CAD. This podcast unpacks the redefinition of refractory angina — spotlighting INOCA, CMD, vasospasm, and myocardial bridging 🔬⚙️ We explore PET, CMR, CFVR, and wire-based diagnostics 🔎 — and why a multidisciplinary …

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Inflammaging: Myth, Marker, or Mismatch? 🧪❓🌐 3:46

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🔬🌍 New insights from Nature Aging: Inflammaging isn’t universal! A fascinating cross-cultural study comparing Italy 🇮🇹, Singapore 🇸🇬, Bolivia 🇧🇴, and Malaysia 🇲🇾 shows that age-related inflammation—long considered a hallmark of aging—may actually be a product of industrialized environments. Populations like the Tsimane (Bolivia) and Orang Asli (Mal…

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🧠❤️ Predict. Prevent. Protect: AI’s Lifesaving Role in HCM 3:54

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🚨 AI vs Sudden Cardiac Death in HCM 🫀🤖 Exciting new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research showcases MAARS, a multimodal AI model that dramatically improves risk prediction for sudden arrhythmic death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. 📊 MAARS outperformed current guidelines with AUROC of 0.89 (internal) and 0.81 (external) 🧠 Integ…

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From the Floor to the Front: Why Leadership Might Be Your Calling (Even If You Don’t Know It Yet) 5:05

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We’re talking about something that’s not glamorized on Instagram, that isn’t trending on TikTok — but that’s absolutely essential to the future of nursing: leadership. Now before you scroll past or skip this episode, thinking, “That’s not for me,” hear me out. Because maybe — just maybe — it is for you. Maybe leadership is your calling, and no one’…

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💡 Personalized, Precise, Powerful: The Rise of Cancer Vaccines 🧪 4:26

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“Vax to the Future: Cancer Immunity Revolution 🧬💉” Cancer vaccines are no longer a promise — they’re a precision revolution. From HBV and HPV to cutting-edge mRNA-based neoantigen vaccines, we explore how tumor sequencing + AI + immune checkpoint inhibitors are reshaping oncology. 📈 Real data from trials in melanoma, ccRCC, and pancreatic cancer ⚔️…

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🍬 Endothelium Under Attack: The Sweetener-Inflammation Link 2:58

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🚨 New Findings on Aspartame & Heart Health! 🍬🫀 A groundbreaking study in Cell Metabolism reveals how aspartame, a common artificial sweetener, may worsen atherosclerosis via an insulin-triggered inflammatory pathway involving the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 axis. 🧪 Key insights from mice and monkeys: – Aspartame spikes insulin via vagus nerve stimulation – Eleva…

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Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE) 2:57

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Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE), a prominent theologian, philosopher, and bishop in Roman North Africa, profoundly influenced Western Christianity and philosophy. Known for works like Confessions, The City of God, and On Christian Doctrine, he developed doctrines on original sin, grace, just war, and ecclesiology. His thoughts shaped medieval…

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Beats, Bytes, Brilliance 🫀💾🌟: The Rise of AI in Echocardiography 3:27

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🚨 Just out in JAMA! 💡 PanEcho, a multitask AI model trained on over 1.2 million echo videos, can automate complete echocardiographic interpretation — from LVEF to valvular disease — with diagnostic AUCs up to 1.00 and MAE as low as 4.2%. 🌍 Validated across international cohorts, including point-of-care settings, this tool could redefine access, acc…

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🔌 Power Heist in the Tumor: Neurons Fuel Cancer Spread 4:22

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🚨 New insights from cancer neuroscience! 🧠🧬 A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that cancer cells can steal mitochondria from nearby neurons via tunneling nanotubes — supercharging their metabolism, stemness, and metastatic potential 🌪️💥 Using a clever tool called MitoTRACER, researchers traced this “mitochondrial hijack” across cancers (breast, …

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🧠💡 Memory Matters: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Cognitive Care 5:13

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🧠💓 Cognitive decline and cardiovascular disease often go hand in hand — but they don’t have to spiral together. In our latest breakdown, we explore how cardiologists can detect, manage, and even improve cognitive impairment through smart risk factor control, lifestyle changes, and a multidisciplinary approach. From MoCA to memantine, TAVR to team-b…

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Adjuvants & Alzheimer’s: A Shot at Prevention 💥🧬🧠 4:11

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🧠💉 Can vaccines protect the mind? New research suggests that AS01-adjuvanted vaccines like Shingrix and Arexvy may reduce the risk of dementia—possibly by stimulating immune pathways like IFN-γ and TLR4, not just by preventing infection. 📊 In a large US-based EHR study, those who received the RSV or shingles vaccine had a significantly lower 18-mon…

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💉 Pump, 📉 Pressure, ⚡ Power: Inside the STEMI Shock Solution 4:26

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New Insights from the DanGer Shock Trial! 🫀💡 Can early left ventricular unloading with a microaxial flow pump (mAFP) save lives in STEMI-related cardiogenic shock? This compelling substudy shows that mAFP not only boosts cardiac output and power, but also reduces pulmonary pressures—all while using less pharmacologic support. 📉💊 🧪 Native CO improve…

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🌐 ACHIEVE-1 Decoded: Efficacy & Safety of Orforglipron in Type 2 Diabetes 3:43

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🚨 New Breakthrough in Type 2 Diabetes Care! 💊🧬 The ACHIEVE-1 trial shows that Orforglipron, a once-daily oral, nonpeptide GLP-1 receptor agonist, delivers significant reductions in HbA1c and body weight—without injections and with minimal restrictions! 🌍📉 👨‍⚕️ 559 patients across 5 countries ⏱️ 40 weeks, 3 dosing arms (3, 12, 36 mg) 📊 HbA1c ↓ by up…

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Frailty as a Cardiovascular Compass 🧭📉🩻 4:54

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🚨 Frailty matters — even in the cath lab! 🧓🫀 A new NCDR registry analysis of 1.3M+ older adults shows a clear gradient: as frailty increases, so do complications, mortality, and procedural risks during PCI. Severely frail patients faced a striking 20.3% in-hospital mortality and >50% mortality with cardiogenic shock. 🧠 It’s time to treat frailty as…

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🧬 Amylin & GLP-1: Double Agents for Weight Loss & DM-CagriSema (Part II) 7:00

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🚨 Major breakthrough in obesity pharmacotherapy! The REDEFINE-1 & REDEFINE-2 trials show that once-weekly CagriSema (Cagrilintide + Semaglutide) delivers up to 20% weight loss in people with obesity—and significant glycemic improvements in those with type 2 diabetes. 💉📉 🌍 Global, double-blind RCTs ⚖️ >90% lost ≥5% body weight 🩺 SBP ↓, QoL ↑, predia…

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Episode 76 - Live with Lori! Texas Edition 16:16

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Send us a text CEO of the NBRC and Queen Barfly, Lori Tinkler joins the show! "Live with Lori" is a recurring episode on JJtheRT https://www.instagram.com/jjthert_/ , and she always delivers! Check out the updates from the NBRC that affect you. Stay Tuned!By Matt Pavlichko, Jonathan Butler, and Anna Hayes

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🌲 Burning Risk: How Wildfires Ignite Heart Failure 📉 4:23

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🔥 New Study Alert! 🩺 Wildfire smoke isn’t just a respiratory threat — it’s taking a toll on the heart, especially in older adults. 📊 A nationwide Medicare cohort (~22M) shows that long-term exposure to wildfire-specific PM2.5 is linked to significantly higher heart failure risk — more so than urban pollution. 📍 Vulnerable groups — women, Medicaid-e…

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🧬 Amylin & GLP-1: Double Agents for Weight Loss (Part 1) 6:10

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🧠💊 Appetite Meets Its Match: The Amylin Advantage” In this episode of Got Knowledge Doc, we explore how amylin, the lesser-known hormone co-secreted with insulin, is making a comeback — this time as part of a dual receptor strategy with GLP-1. 💡 Learn how amylin: 🧠 Activates brainstem satiety centers ⏳ Delays gastric emptying 📉 Suppresses glucagon …

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⏱️🩸 Timing is Brain: Early DOACs in Atrial Fibrillation 4:43

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🧠💉 When should you start anticoagulation after an ischaemic stroke in atrial fibrillation? The CATALYST meta-analysis may have the answer! 📊 5,441 patients from 4 RCTs ⏱️ Early DOAC (≤4 days) reduced recurrent stroke risk at 30 days ⚖️ No increased bleeding, even in moderate stroke severity 🚫 But patients with PH2 or very severe strokes were exclud…

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What I Wish Every New Grad Nurse Knew: Tips for Starting Your Nursing Career Right 8:10

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Today we’re diving into practical, honest tips for new nurses entering the workforce — and I’m also speaking as someone who’s on the other side now: a nurse leader who still remembers exactly what that season feels like. We’re going to talk about what social media doesn’t always show, what leadership needs to do better, and how you can thrive — yes…