By Kelli Ham

Consumer Health Coordinator

NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region

<kkham@library.ucla.edu>

# Podcasts Worth Noting

Many organizations are creating audio content to augment their websites
or other publications, or as a current awareness service. Providers
include:

Government: NIH, CDC, AHRQ, MedlinePlus

Medical Journals: JAMA, NEJM

News: NPR

### [NIH Radio]{.underline} 

From website: FREE MP3 audio reports from the National Institutes of
Health, your reliable health information source. Usually about 15-25
minutes in length, the podcasts contain short pieces on a variety of
topics relating to research and health.

-   [www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm](http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm)
    Index to all episodes -- audio files and transcripts. Can listen on
    computer, or download the .mp3 file.

-   [www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm](http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm)
    Information page about podcasting, subscribing

**Sample episode:**

[**Rates of Bipolar Diagnosis in Youth Rapidly Climbing, Treatment
Patterns Similar to
Adults**](http://helix.od.nih.gov/nihradio/09132007bipolar.ram)---09/12/2007\
2:40 \| 2.4 MB \|
[Transcript](http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/sep2007/09122007bipolar.htm)
\| [Get RealPlayer](http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=fed) \| [Right
Click to Download MP3
File](http://helix.od.nih.gov/nihradio/09132007bipolar.mp3)

The number of visits to a doctor\'s office that resulted in a diagnosis
of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased by 40
times over the last decade, according to a study funded in part by the
National Institutes of Health.

### [Centers for Disease Control]{.underline} 

CDC publishes several different series of podcasts, such as:

-   A Cup of Health with the CDC and A Minute of Health with the CDC

-   CDC Hurricane Preparedness Podcast

-   Emerging Infectious Disease

-   Health Technology

-   Outbreaks and In the News

-   Un Minuto de Salud con los CDC

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| ### A Cup of Health - Wildfires: A Growing Hazard                     |
|  in the U.S. ![](media/image1.png){width="0.20694444444444443in" heig |
| ht="0.18888888888888888in"}[**Listen To This Podcast\...**](http://ww |
| w2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=6391) (4:38) (Five minute version)  |
|                                                                       |
| Over 2,200 wildfires occur in the United States each year. In March   |
| of 2006 residents in the Texas panhandle suffered through over a week |
| of devastating wildfires that took 12 lives and damaged over \$16     |
| million in property. In 2004, wildfires burned 8 million acres in 40  |
| states. For information to help you prevent future wildfire tragedies |
| go to http://www.emergency.cdc.gov.  (Created: 8/3/2007 by            |
| [MMWR](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/)) *Date Released*: 8/24/2007          |
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### [AHRQ -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]{.underline}

AHRQ publishes a series of podcasts called Healthcare 411. In the
Spotlight section of the homepage, a link for a recent podcast will
appear. In the News and Information box, there is a link to Healthcare
411 Podcasts. <http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/>

![](media/image2.png){width="0.53125in" height="0.59375in"}[**Newscast
\-- Lead Story: Emergency Preparedness
Resources**](http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/podcast.aspx?id=268)
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 September is Emergency Preparedness Month,
so this week's newscast is dedicated to discussing disaster response and
the AHRQ resources available to you. AHRQ has \... Duration:  07:57 File
Size:  7.27 MB

![](media/image2.png){width="0.5305555555555556in"
height="0.59375in"}[**Radiocast \-- Peptic
Ulcers**](http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/radiocast.aspx?id=269)
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height="0.19791666666666666in"}

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 People who regularly use ibuprofen, or
Advil, naproxen, or Aleve, or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
are at higher risk for developing ulcers in their stomach \...
Duration:  02:00 File Size:  1.83 MB

### [New England Journal of Medicine Podcasts]{.underline}

<http://content.nejm.org/misc/podcast.dtl>

**Audio Interviews** podcast feed, with PDF transcript

**"NEJM This Week"** article summaries podcast feed

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| | ![](media/ | **Sara Rosenbaum on the battle over the State      |   |
| | image7.png | Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)\       |   |
| | ){width="1 | **\                                                |   |
| | .041666666 | Professor Sara Rosenbaum is chair of the           |   |
| | 6666667in" | Department of Health Policy at the George          |   |
| | height="1. | Washington University School of Public Health and  |   |
| | 4583333333 | Health Services.\                                  |   |
| | 333333in"} | \                                                  |   |
| |            | Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent |   |
| | Sara       | producer based in Boston.\                         |   |
| | Rosenbaum  | \                                                  |   |
| |            | Iglehart JK\                                       |   |
| | ![](media/ | [The Battle over                                   |   |
| | image8.png | SCHIP](htt                                         |   |
| | ){width="0 | p://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/10/957)\ |   |
| | .176388888 | N Engl J Med 2007;357:957, September 6,            |   |
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### [JAMA Podcasts]{.underline}

**JAMA Weekly Audio Commentary**: Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH,
Editor-in-Chief of *JAMA*, summarizes and comments on the week\'s issue

<http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/audiocommentary.dtl>

**Author in the Room**. In partnership with the [Institute for
Healthcare
Improvement](http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/AudioAndWebPrograms/Author+in+the+Room.htm),
Author in the Room is designed to bring clinical evidence into practice
by connecting clinicians and others to authors of *JAMA* articles.
Monthly, usually 50-60 min. in length

**Author in the Room, May 2007**

Author: Jan L. Brandes, MD

Article: \"Sumatriptan-Naproxen for Acute Treatment of Migraine\"

Summary Points:

-   Evidence from two replicate randomized, double-blind,
    placebo-controlled trials showed sumatriptan-naproxen as a fixed
    dose combination was superior in treating an attack of migraine when
    compared with sumatriptan alone, naproxen alone, or placebo.

-   Most importantly, given that migraine attacks in adults are 4 to 72
    hours in duration, the fixed-dose combination of
    sumatriptan-naproxen was significantly more effective than
    sumatriptan monotherapy or naproxen monotherapy in providing a
    24-hour sustained pain-free response.

-   Patients using the fixed-dose combination therapy were less likely
    to use rescue medication or to have headache recurrence, and did not
    experience any increase in adverse effects using the combination.
    (53:24, 48.8 MB)

### [MedlinePlus Director's Comments]{.underline}

Weekly update by Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., Director of the National
Library of Medicine, highlighting health news and accompanying
information from MedlinePlus. These are intended to highlight "what's
new in MedlinePlus", but often the talk refers to just one or two new
links. The commentary is usually thoughtful, fairly high level, and
there is always a sprinking of plugs for MedlinePlus. However, I'm not
sure how useful these are for the average consumer.

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  MedlinePlus does not provide links to archives. The six most current
  are available on the website, or you can find older episodes through
  iTunes. Recent titles:

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  **TITLE**              **DATE**             **AUDIO**                                            **TEXT VERSION**

  Drug Safety            September 25 2007    ![](media/image9.png){width="0.71875in"              [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript092507.html)
                                              height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      

  Resident Innumeracy    September 17 2007    ![](media/image9.png){width="0.71875in"              [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript091707.html)
                                              height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      

  Vaccination Safety     September 10 2007    ![](media/image9.png){width="0.7194444444444444in"   [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript091007.html)
                                              height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      

  Global Health          September 04 2007    ![](media/image9.png){width="0.7194444444444444in"   [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript090407.html)
  Disparities                                 height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      

  Safe in the Sun        August 27 2007       ![](media/image9.png){width="0.7194444444444444in"   [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript082707.html)
                                              height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      

  Depression             August 20 2007       ![](media/image9.png){width="0.7194444444444444in"   [Transcript](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript082007.html)
                                              height="0.19791666666666666in"}                      
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