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The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#223 Hot COVID Cakes: COVID19 Disparities, Steroids, Hormones for Depression, Probiotics

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This episode is Half COVID Cakes, Half Hotcakes, and entirely enlightening. Our guest Dr. Utibe Essien MD, MPH @UREssien and Curbsider/epidemiologist, Dr. Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH @rbganatra discuss some Hot COVID Cakes including: racial differences in COVID-19 outcomes, why dogs and dexamethasone may hold the key to defeating COVID-19, how hormonal adjunctive therapies might be key for depression, and when to poo-poo probiotics versus when a side of Lactobacillus may be beneficial.

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Credits

  • Written and Produced by: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPHl Emi Okamoto MD; Sarah P. Roberts MPH; and Matthew Watto MD
  • Show Notes and CME questions by: Deborah J. Gorth ScM
  • Cover Art: Deborah J. Gorth ScM
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD; Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Emi Okamoto MD, and Sarah P. Roberts MPH
  • Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  • Guest: Utibe Essien MD, MPH


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Time Stamps

  • 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  • 02:20 Silver Linings / Picks of the Week: Chicken Run (2000) and Chicken Run 2 on Netflix; Philly Inquirer story on COVID sniffing dogs; Buy some peaches! And check out their Wikipedia page!
  • 07:33 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Black and White patients with COVID-19
  • 26:10 Dexamethasone for COVID-19
  • 28:55 Hormonal therapy for depression
  • 38:16 Probiotics
  • 45:00 Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only

0:06.9

and the topics discussed should not be used solely to die in a street, or prevent any

0:09.5

disease or conditions.

0:10.5

For the more that you use and say and express on this podcast are solely those of those

0:12.3

and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity

0:14.5

to decide from possibly cash like more hospital and affiliate outreach programs.

0:16.9

If indeed there are any, in fact there are none.

0:18.7

Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up, you should always do your own homework

0:20.5

and let us know when we're wrong.

0:31.0

So we're here, we're back, Paul and Stuart, we're not able to make it tonight, but

0:37.0

this is, this is hot cakes and this is the Curbsiders.

0:40.0

We're going to be talking about a bunch of different articles tonight, some COVID and

0:43.4

some non-COVID with us again, Rahul Ganatra, Emmy Okamoto.

0:49.0

And our fearless producer, Sarah Phoebe Roberts is going to tell you about our guest and

0:52.6

then about the specific topics we had on the show.

0:55.9

So Dr. Utibe Essian recently joined us on our episode on addressing anti-black racism

1:01.6

in Madison.

1:02.6

Dr. Essian is an assistant professor of medicine and health equity researcher at the University

1:07.0

of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

1:09.0

His research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in the management of cardiovascular

1:13.1

diseases and he has recently applied this research framework to COVID-19 and has become

1:18.0

a national expert in the health disparities that are disproportionately affecting racial

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