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Episode 182: HPV Vax

Future Dr. Zuaiter and Dr. Arreaza briefly discuss HPV infection but pocus on the prevention of the infection with the vaccine. Dr. Arreaza mentions that HPV vaccine is also recom…

Episode 181: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Future Dr. Johnson explains the pathophysiology, assessment, and management of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis syndrome. Dr. Arreaza adds some insights on the top…

Episode 180: Pediatric Hip Pain

Future Dr. Pena-Brockett explains the differential diagnosis in a 14-year-old patient who has a new onset of left hip pain. Dr. Arreaza adds comments and explains toxic…

Episode 179: Impact of intermittent fasting Impact on T2DM

Future Dr. Carlisle explains the physiology of fasting and how it can help revert type 2 diabetes. Dr. Arreaza adds details on how to do inte…

Episode 178: Social Media in Medicine

Dr. De Luna and Dr. Song explain the role of social media in medical education and how online journal clubs have become more useful in recent years.  Dr. Arreaza …

Episode 177: Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults

Future Dr. Nguyen explains the evaluation and treatment of older adults with urinary incontinence.  Dr. Arreaza adds insights into the conservative ma…

Episode 176: Self-sampling for HPV screening

Future Dr. Markarian explains the importance of HPV screening for the prevention of cervical cancer. Dr. Arreaza adds some insight about cervical cancer.

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Episode 175: Alcohol Use Disorder Basics   

Future Dr. Sangha explains the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and fundamentals of the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Dr. Arreaza offers insight…

Episode 174: GERD in Adults

Common and atypical symptoms are presented. Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management are discussed. H. pylori's role is discussed during this episode. 

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Episode 173: Acute Osteomyelitis

Future Dr. Tran explains the pathophysiology of osteomyelitis and describes the presentation, diagnosis and management of acute osteomyelitis. Dr. Arreaza provides inf…

Episode 172: NAFLD and Obesity

Future Dr. Nguyen explains the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and how it relates to obesity. Dr. Arreaza gives information about screening and diag…

Episode 171: Postpartum Blues, Depression, and Psychosis

Future Dr. Nguyen defines and explains the difference between baby blues, depression, and psychosis. Dr. Arreaza added comments about screening…

Episode 170: Schizophrenia: An Overview

Future Dr. Chng explains the diagnostic criteria and describes how to treat schizophrenia. Dr. Arreaza mentions additional risk factors and social aspects of sc…

Episode 169: Food insecurity and Obesity in Kern County

Future Dr. Kim presents the problem of food insecurity in Kern County and how it is linked to obesity and liver disease. She shared several reso…

Episode 168: UTI in Males

Future Dr. Tran gives a summary of UTIs in Males, including epididymitis, orchitis, urethritis, prostatitis, and pyelonephritis. Diagnosis and treatment were briefly describe…

Episode 167: Aspirin in Pregnancy

Dr. Marquez explains the use of aspirin during pregnancy to prevent preeclampsia. Dr. Arreaza adds comments and questions and clarifies that aspirin is not used for t…

Episode 166: Naturopathic Medicine Insights

Future Dr. Luong talked about what she learned about naturopathic doctors (NDs). She discussed the principles of naturopathic medicine and mentioned some di…

Episode 165: Early-Onset Sepsis Part 2

Dr. Lovedip Kooner explains how to use the Kaiser Permanente early-onset sepsis calculator and explains other useful tools to assist in the diagnosis of EOS. Dr.…

Episode 164: More Than Just A Headache

Dr. Song presents a case of a subacute headache that required an extensive workup and multiple visits to the hospital and clinic to get a diagnosis. Dr. Arreaza …

Episode 163: Vascular Dementia      

Future Dr. Ruby explains gives a definition of vascular dementia and concisely explains the pathophysiology and presentation of this disease. Dr. Arreaza reminds u…