Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

#172 Microplastics and Macro CV Health Problems: Beyond Journal Club on APACHe Study with NEJM Group

Wed, 05 Mar 2025

What is the impact of microplastics on human health? How can we use observational data to support the argument that microplastics may lead to poor health outcomes?

Join us as we tackle these questions and discuss the APAChE study on microplastics and cardiovascular disease on this episode of Beyond Journal Club, a series brought to you by Core IM in collaboration with NEJM Group.

🔹 Transcript and Show Notes

🔹 Behind The Scenes YouTube Video

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Timestamps:

(02:24) | Introduction to Plastic's Key Players

(07:59) | Bradhill/Observational Work

(10:33) | APAChE Study Deep Dive

(18:03) | Discussion

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📊 Graphics: Dr. Jimin Hwang

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CoreIM, Environmental Health, Medical Education, IMCore, Public Health, Clinical Pearls, Physician, Medical Student, Nurse Practitioner, Epidemiology

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#171 Hospice Music Therapy: Bonus Episode

Thu, 27 Feb 2025

What is the last sense to go? How can music create connection, ease anxiety, and help process emotions at the end of life? Join Dr. Jafar Al-Mondhiry, Dr. Harry Han, and music therapist Bryanna Tobin as they explore the power of music therapy in hospice care, sharing moving stories and clinical insights.

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🔹 Transcript and Show Notes

Timestamps:

(00: 39) | 1st: What is Music Therapy in Hospice?

(07:59) | 2nd: A Powerful Story

(14:19) | 3rd: Challenges in the Field of Music Therapy

Tags: IMCore, CoreIM, primary care, palliative care, end-of-life, oncology nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant

#170 ILD and High-Risk Medication Prescribing: Gray Matters Segment

Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Incidental fibrosis on CT —what now? What does prone imaging tell you? Is it fibrosis, aspiration, or atelectasis? And once you diagnose ILD, does the “alphabet soup” really matter for treatment? Antifibrotics vs. immunosuppression?

Plus, how do we bridge the gap when social barriers make care unsafe?

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Transcript and Show Notes

Timestamps:

(01:26) | Deep Dive 1

(06:38) | Deep Dive 2

(12:37) | Deep Dive 3

(21:13) | Deep Dive 4

(28:06) | Deep Dive 5

Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Clinical Pearls, Medical Education, IMCore, Radiology, Hospitalist, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Medical Student, interstitial lung disease

#169 MGUS to Multiple Myeloma Diagnostics and Counseling: 5 Pearls Segment

Wed, 22 Jan 2025

SPEP vs. UPEP? What does it tell you and not tell you? What is the role for immunofixation and free light chains in diagnosis? Learn about paraneoplastic antibodies with MGCS and its renal, neurologic, and dermatologic manifestations!

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Behind The Scenes Youtube Interview with Dr. Vincent Rajkumar

Transcript and Show Notes

Timestamps:

(01:26) | Pearl 1: What is a monoclonal gammopathy? What is our expected clinical presentation?

(10:12) | Pearl 2: What is our initial workup? Understanding SPEP, Immunofixation, and Free Light Chains

(24:13) | Pearl 3: Do we need urine testing? When urine testing is necessary and when it is not.

(26:26) | Pearl 4: How should we differentiate monoclonal gammopathies? The continuum of MGUS, SMM, and MM.

(41:35) | Pearl 5: Demystifying Monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance (MGCS)

Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, ClinicalPearls, Medical Education, IMCore, hospitalist, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, medical student, internal medicine

#168 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Adverse Events 2.0: 5 Pearls Segment

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

How do you differentiate immune checkpoint inhibitor-related adverse events aka IrAEs from other conditions like infection? Join as we go through pneumonitis, colitis, dermatitis and endocrinopathies due to immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity!

Transcript and Show Notes

ICIs & IrAEs 101 Episode

Behind The Scenes video

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Timestamps:

(03:14) | Pearl 1

(13:34) | Pearl 2

(24:42) | Pearl 3

(30:34) | Pearl 4

(35:21) | Pearl 5

Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, ClinicalPearls, Skin Toxicity, Medical Education, IMCore, oncology, hospitalist, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, medical student