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.

DoctorPodcasts Episode 56:

Can pig hearts be transplanted into humans? Watch video interview of top #cardiac surgeon Andrew Goldstone, M.D., Ph.D. explain how #xenotransplantation is done & what the future holds for people anxiously waiting for a suitable donor #heart. http://ColumbiaSurgery.org/andrew-b-golds-b-goldstone-md .

DoctorPodcasts EPISODE 55: Using intraretinal Injections of CRISPR-gene-edited proteins in an Adeno-Associated-Virus carrier, watch #Harvard ophthalmologist Eric Pierce MD PhD explain how amazing technology & surgery is now treating hopeless blindness from hereditary Leber Congenital Amaurosis. More on Dr. Pierce here https://doctors.masseyeandear.org/details/165/eric-pierce-ophthalmology-boston. Read his recent publication in the New England Journal of Medicine here https://nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309915. Donate research funds to the Pierce Lab here https://oculargenomics.meei.harvard.edu/labs/pierce-la

DoctorPodcasts EPISODE 54: #Brain #cancer in infants and children is devastating for patients, family & doctors. Watch pediatric oncologist, Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D. discuss his pioneering & groundbreaking mRNA immunotherapy treatments and future #vaccines for these usually deadly tumors. Dr. Sayour is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, Director of Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Initiative, Principal Investigator RNA Engineering Laboratory at the University of Florida in Gainesville. To donate to Dr. Sayour's brain cancer research program go to http://UFF.UFL.edu/contact and specify your gift is for Dr. Sayour's research program. More information is available here https://mbi.ufl.edu/2020/03/30/researcher-embarks-on-clinical-trial-of-novel-immunotherapy-vaccine/

DoctorPodcasts EPISIDE 53: Watch complex ⁠#eye⁠ ⁠#cataract⁠ ⁠#surgery⁠ performed by DoctorPodcasts creator & host, ⁠#ophthalmologist,⁠ Robert Cykiert, M.D. Not for the squeamish. This eye had a previous acute angle closure glaucoma attack and now has a white mature cataract requiring iris hooks and Trypan Blue.

Are you having menopause sweats, hot flashes, weight gain, mood swings, genitourinary problems, hair loss, osteoporosis, sleep problems? Watch gynecologist & #menopause expert, Samantha Dunham, M.D., discuss new, effective preventions & treatments. http://nyulangone.org/doctors/1124045802/samantha-m-dunham