DoctorPodcasts EPISODE #59: #OZEMPIC #WEGOVY #semaglutides are associated with severe, acute, irreversible vision loss from optic nerve damage in 7/3/24 article http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/2820255. Watch this video interview of article author, Harvard neuro-ophthalmologist Joseph Rizzo, MD, http://eye.hms.harvard.edu/josephrizzo explain the study findings. Dr. Rizzo found that diabetics who were using Ozempic or Wegovy had 4 times the risk of vision loss as compared to diabetics who were not using these drugs. Obese people who were using Ozempic or Wegovy had a 7 times the risk of vision loss than obese people who weren't using these drugs. The vision loss was from a condition known as "Non-arteritic ischemic anterior optic neuropathy" which is damage to the optic nerve that connects the eye and brain.

DoctorPodcasts EPISODE #58: Do you have #heart disease or an Atrial Fibrillation arrhythmia? Watch Dr. Natalia Trayanova describe how her new, innovative "AI-powered Digital Twin Heart" strategy creates customized, personalized treatments with reduced risks and side effects http://profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org/provider/Natal and https://www.trayanovalab.org/

DoctorPodcasts EPISODE 57: CAR T-Cell treatment of #lymphoma & other #cancer is one of the newest #gene-editing treatments that is saving thousands of lives. Watch #hematologist & #oncologist expert, Mark Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D. of #Stanford explain how and why it works http://med.stanford.edu/hemeoncfellowship/fellow-resources1/fellow-profiles/mark-hamilton.html.