Dr. Baliga's 'Got Knowledge Doc?' PODKASTS
Dr RR Baliga's 'Got Knowledge Doc?' Podkasts for Physicians and Physician Extenders. Not medical advice or medical opinion www.MasterMedFacts.com
Episodes
🚨 New Guidance Alert!
The 🆕 2025 ACC Expert Consensus on Pericarditis is out — and it’s a game-changer.
🔍 Clearer diagnostic criteria
🖥️ Emphasis on multimodality imaging
💊 Refined therapeutic pathways (NSAIDs, colchicine, IL-1 blockers)
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🚀 New in Nature: Groundbreaking study reveals how the origin of your genes — from mom 👩🍼 or dad 👨🍼 — can push human growth 📏 and metabolism 🔥 in opposite directions!
🧬 Using data from 236,781 people across UK Biobank, Estonian Biobank, and MoBa, researchers uncovered 30+ parent-of-origin effects (POEs), many showing bipolar impact...
🚨 New AHA Scientific Statement 🚨
“Food Is Medicine” isn’t just a slogan—it’s a growing clinical movement. 🍎💉 This systematic review of 14 U.S.-based RCTs explores how Produce Prescriptions (PRx), Medically Tailored Groceries (MTG), and Meals (MTM) impact diet, food insecurity, and health outcomes.
📊 Results show improvements in diet quality and food security, wi...
🔬 New study in Nature Medicine reveals that not all healthy diets are created equal — even when nutrient content is matched, 🍞 ultra-processed foods (UPFs) hinder weight loss compared to 🥗 minimally processed foods (MPFs).
📉 Participants lost twice as much weight on MPF diets, with greater ...
🚨 New Insights in Heart Failure Management! 💡🫀
Just explored the latest 2025 European Journal of Heart Failure review by Hulot et al. redefining how we view HF recovery. No longer just “improvement” – we now distinguish HFimpEF, remission, and recovery as stages along a phenotypic spectrum.
📘 New JAMA Review: Ovarian Cancer – From Symptoms to Survival 🌸
Approximately 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer annually in the U.S.—and 80% present with advanced-stage disease.
The latest JAMA review by Caruso, Weroha, and Cliby (2025) offers a comprehensive update on:
🧬 Evolving ...
🚨 New Insights in Heart Failure Care! 🫀💉
A landmark meta-analysis in Nature Medicine shows that intravenous iron therapy significantly reduces heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular deaths — especially in the first year of treatment. 📉💪
With over 7,000 pat...
🚨 Spotlight on Medieval Thought! 🧠📜
Explore the legacy of Anselm of Canterbury—father of Scholasticism and originator of the Ontological Argument for God’s existence. His fusion of faith 🙏 and reason 🧩 shaped Western theology.
🎓 #Philosophy #MedievalStudies #Anselm #Theology
Tropical cyclones don’t just shake buildings — they shake hearts too.
A powerful multicountry study in Science Advances links 🌊 storm exposure to a 13% rise in cardiovascular hospitalizations, especially ischemic heart disease and stroke.
Vulnerable groups? Men, adults aged 20–59, and socioeconomically deprived communities.
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🚗 42,939 lives lost in 2021 — the U.S. motor vehicle fatality rate remains far higher than other high-income nations.
The NEJM review on Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention highlights the Safe System Approach:
🛣️ Safer roads
🚘 Safer vehicles
👥 Safer people
🎙️ New Podcast Episode!
“Hole in the Heart, Stroke on the Brain, Science at the Core” 🧠❤️🔬
Discover how a tiny opening—present in 1 in 4 adults—can lead to devastating strokes 🩺⚠️. We unpack the latest JAMA review on PFO, cryptogenic stroke, and how RoPE and PASCAL scores guide who benefits from clos...
🧬 Just explored the largest GWAS on stuttering—over 1 million participants!
🎵 Fascinating link uncovered between impaired rhythm and speech disfluency, supporting the Atypical Rhythm Risk Hypothesis.
🧠 Genes like VRK2 and FANCL connect beat synchronization and stuttering risk.
🚀 A big step toward precision care in developme...
🎙️ From MRAs to ASIs: Rewriting Heart Failure’s Aldosterone Story
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎧
Title: From MRAs to ASIs: Rewriting Heart Failure’s Aldosterone Story
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In this episode of Got Knowledge Doc, we unpack the double-edged role of aldosterone in
🚫💊➡️⚖️ The GLP-1 Comeback: Weight Regain After the Stop”
📊 Based on the 2025 BMC Medicine meta-analysis, we explore what happens after stopping anti-obesity meds like GLP-1 receptor agonists.
👀 Key takeaways:
– Weight regain begins as early as 8 weeks after stopping
– GLP-1 drugs show the highest rebound 📈
– Life...
🚨 Podcast Alert: “Move. Breathe. Beat AF 🏃♂️🫀💥”
The latest Cochrane systematic review + meta-analysis shows that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) meaningfully reduces:
✅ AF recurrence
✅ Symptom severity
✅ AF burden and frequency
✅ And improves VO₂ peak & mental health—a...
Titrate, Train, Triumph 🧬🏋️♀️🎯”
Obesity medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide are game-changers—but managing GI side effects, sarcopenia risk, and long-term adherence requires nuance, nutrition, and teamwork. 💡
From nausea to nutrition, and from missed doses to muscle mass—this episode offers practical, evidence-based strategies to optimize incretin therapy. 💊🥦...
🔬 New Insights in Lipidology! 🫀 A landmark study in European Heart Journal (2025) shows that Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) particle count is a more powerful predictor of coronary artery disease than traditional LDL cholesterol. While VLDL particles are more atherogenic per unit, LDL dominates by count — making total ApoB count + Lipo...
🧠✨ Just read a thought-provoking article in JAMA on the US POINTER trial!
Structured lifestyle changes (think 🏃♀️🥗🧩) showed modest but real gains in cognition for older adults at risk of dementia. But here’s the twist: even light-touch self-guided changes yielded nearly similar benefits. 🤯
So… 💬 Is intensity always worth the investment? Or can simplicity scale smarter?
🔗 Worth pondering as we shape the future of brain healt...
🔬 New Review Alert! 🫀
South Asians face one of the highest global burdens of premature heart disease — and Lp(a) may be the silent culprit. 📈 In a comprehensive JAHA 2025 review, researchers reveal how 25% of South Asians have dangerously elevated Lp(a) levels, doubling their risk of myocar...
📢 New insights on education & brain aging! 🧠📉
A mega-analysis across 33 countries (170K+ participants, 15K+ MRIs) shows 📚 higher education boosts baseline memory—but doesn’t slow brain aging or cognitive decline over time. ❌🧓
✅ Early-life traits (like childhood cognition & environment) drive the advantage.
🔗 Education matte...
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