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Too rich for my blood: obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2014-03-11 06:01:13
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This week: obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c

Learning objectives – Amol, Fahad, and Travis discuss:
1. Understand trends in obesity prevalence in adults and children.
2. Appreciate the effect of early palliative care on quality of life in patients with advanced cancer.
3. Recognize new therapeutic options in chronic Hepatitis C infection and their associated cost implications.

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The papers

Cynthia Ogden et al. Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012. JAMA 2014 Feb 26;311(8):806-14. (PubMed)

Camilla Zimmerman et al. Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2014 Feb 18. pii: S0140-6736(13)62416-2. (PubMed)

Mark Sulkowski et al. Daclatasvir plus Sofosbuvir for Previously Treated or Untreated Chronic HCV Infection. NEJM 2014 Jan 16;370(3):211-21. (PubMed)

Good stuff

Fahad – Slow Ideas, Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, July 29, 2013.

Travis – Are we in a Medical Education Bubble Market, David A. Asch et al., NEJM, Nov. 21, 2013. 

Amol – The blood harvest, Alex Madrigal, The Atlantic, Feb 26, 2014.

Question of the week

Can society afford incredibly expensive drugs for common conditions?

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