Podcast 8: News and interview with Dr. Mary Tinetti, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale

We talk with Mary Tinetti about falls in the elderly and how to prevent them. Journal Watch links It’s Safe to Eat Tomatoes Again, FDA Says U.S. Measles Hits 11-Year High – Most Cases Were Unvaccinated Which Lipids Mark MI Risk Best? Elderly Benefit from Joint Replacement, but Many Never Get the Option FDA and Tomatoes http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/718/3 http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01862.html Measles http://www.cdc.gov/Features/MeaslesUpdate/ http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/714/1 Apolipoprotein B/A1 ratio. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/718/2 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608610764/abstract Joint replacement in the elderly http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/715/1 http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/168/13/1430 Dr. Tinetti interview http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/3/252 http://www.fallprevention.org/ http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ The post Podcast 8: News and interview with Dr. Mary Tinetti, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale first appeared on Clinical Conversations.