Deeper Levels: Recent Episodes

Natalie Banet

A podcast about pathology, medicine, and science. Mostly.

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Dr. Bankhead Kendall's institutional page.

In case you became intrigued as I did. I didn't even know this was a career!

Twitter profile. This is powerful stuff! A master class in social media-ing!

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Join me as I speak with Drs. C. Matt Quick and Karen Talia. We talk about their journeys into medicine and Pathology with many detours, laughs, and great advice for those thinking of a career in this field! Read more about the episode by clicking here.

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Read more about Josh here.

Brachyury is in the news!

In case you want to read the Forbes piece.

And a presentation that josh gave about his journey - with video!

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Note: Season two will start in the first quarter of 2021. Thanks to all of my listeners (Levelheads unite)! 

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Article mentioned by Dr. Bennett (from MSK) can be found here.

Link to more about the episode can be found here.

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Dr. Bryn's articles from Cancer Cytopathology can be found by clicking here and then here.

CDC data on HPV vaccine.

The Marshall Project.

UCLA Covid behind bars.

Dr. Ramaswamy.

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Dr. Wood is an impressive person. Read all about it!

There's a whole cadre of folks who eat the same thing for lunch everyday. It's so interesting!

Episode picture is of my former "roomies" during my fellowship year, including Dr. Wood (standing next to me, I'm in the red dress), also (from left to right) Drs. Safia Salaria, Michael Cruise, Kruti Maniar, and Niloofar Nasseri-Nik.

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Dr. Ellenson's editorial from 2017 can be found here.

AJCP article on gender in Pathology faculty can be found here, with further details here.

Dr. McCluggage's lecture on endometrium can be found here.

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Dr. Kim’s home page.

Dr Kim’s blog.

Dr. Maloney’s information.

15 Fall Scenarios, the blog that started the book!

And the subsequent poll of how students responded to said post.

Latency video for musicians (this is so cool).

Blog post about musicians and the latency issue.

If you need to know more about disruptive innovation!

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Dr. Artino’s profile page can be found here.

Selected writings of Dr. Artino:

Keep yourself out of trouble when designing surveys!

Simulation paper.

To Tweet, or not to Tweet?

A great blog on survey design!

Things we mention on the podcast:

The Dunning-Kurger effect.

Diffusion of Innovation theory. I am working on NOT being a “laggard” even though I like that word.

Lorelei Lingard’s paper on “Bonfire red titles”

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Dr. Young's interview with Dr. Kurman can be found here.

You can read about pickle ball here.

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Dr. Poitevien’s Brown page: 

https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ppoitev1

Note: the audio cuts out a bit in this episode, but it is brief and gets better! Stay to the end for all of the good advice and humor. 

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Profile page, click here.
Info on Brigitte.
For more info on the show, check out my Why Gyn Path? page here.

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People of Pathology
Computationally Yours
Pathpod
ScopeMD
Dead Men Do Tell Tales

Nerdy things we nerded about, in case it's interesting to you:
Descript
Garageband
Squadcast
Wavepad
Audacity
Podcasting course- Pat Flynn (Dr. Scope mentions this)

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Read about Dr. Wong’s organization, Patient Voting.

Dr. Wong was interviewed in the NYT.

Follow Dr. Wong on Twitter, you won’t regret it!

Dogs are sniffing out Covid. Though I’m waiting to get excited about it.

If you’d like to mentor a medical student, sign up for Prescribe it Forward.

My favoriterestaurantsinProvidence. They all do takeout!

And Dr. Wong mentioned North, which also does takeout!

Culinary schools are very interesting, should you want a good read. I could have majored in pastry arts. What am I doing with my life?

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For more information, visit: https://www.notion.so/Gynecologic-Pathology-d02db0e8d4204333a19bbee9eea86ea9

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Show notes:

Dr. Jefferson’s Huffington Post piece:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-black-american-community-devastated_n_5ed6a2c2c5b68113b7e4c1ee?test_ad=spot_test_mw_life,taboola_iframe_desktop_news

Poll, cited by Dr. Jefferson:

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/04/15/black-americans-covid-impact

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Dr. Patel’s articles:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763803

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763803

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314195/pdf/ciaa627.pdf

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Article:

https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/doi/10.1093/ajcp/aqaa106/5859038

Michigan Data:

https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

Show notes:

Video of Dr. Tunkel’s address to the class of 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqOajIedBSg

Dr. Tunkel’s CV (online)

https://vivo.brown.edu/docs/a/atunkel_cv.pdf?dt=492713252

USMLE Testing site:

https://medical.brown.edu/news/2020-06-25/medical-school-establishes-first-usmle-regional-testing-site

Brown’s Covid plans:

https://covid.brown.edu/

Medical Students graduate early:

https://turnto10.com/news/local/brown-medical-students-graduate-early-begin-field-hospital-work

Rhode Island Covid data:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/rhode-island-coronavirus-cases.html

Leigh Kinney’s profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighkinney

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My guests are all specialists in Gyn Pathology whom I wanted to know more about! I find their stories and personal philosophies inspiring! 
A full description of the episode with links to their profiles can be found at: https://www.notion.so/Gyn-Pathology-d02db0e8d4204333a19bbee9eea86ea9

Briefly:
Dr. Park is an Associate Pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering, as well as the Director of Education and the Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee.
Dr. Maniar is an Associate Pathologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, as well as the Residency Program Director.
Dr. Nik is in community practice in Miami, Florida at Pathology Associates, Baptist Health South Florida.
Dr. Singh is a Histopathologist at Barts Health NHS trust in London.

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Show notes:

Her research paper we discussed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31828465/?from_single_result=Premenopausal+gynecologic+surgery+and+survival+among+black+and+white+women+with+breast+cancer

Her profile page: https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/meetthescholars/mya-roberson/

Article from WashPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-diabolical-irony-of-trump-in-tulsa/2020/06/13/f262122e-ad9e-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html

Dr. Wilkins’ Article about trust in medical institutions (open access!):

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802409/

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Some of my favorite podcasts:

https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/

https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily

(forgot to mention this one) https://cafe.com/ss_series/cafe-insiders/

(and this one) https://www.krpoliticaljunkie.com/

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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Show notes:

Dr. White’s publication on inclusion and diversity:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734606/

Dr. White’s recent Grand Rounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhaViHmuK7o&t=455s

Johns Hopkins statement:

https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/31/johns-hopkins-statement-in-solidarity-against-racism/

ASCP statement:

https://www.ascp.org/content/news-archive/news-detail/2020/06/02/ascp-statement-regarding-racism

AMA statement:

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/police-brutality-must-stop?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%25m%25d%25y&utm_content=OTHER_MMX_PoliceBrutality_060120&utm_campaign=MMX_2020_JUN_PoliceBrutality_20200602&utm_uid=5604025&utm_effort=&utm_h=

ABP statement:

https://twitter.com/TheABPath/status/1268205434042802178/photo/1

National Medical Association Statements, etc:

https://www.facebook.com/NationalMedAssn/live

https://www.nmanet.org/news/

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Show notes:

  • Dr. Parchem's other research, very interesting stuff here!
  • Article on health disparities: Parchem JG, Gupta M, Chen HY, Wagner S, Mendez-Figueroa H, Chauhan SP. Adverse Infant and Maternal Outcomes Among Low-Risk Term Pregnancies Stratified by Race and Ethnicity. Obstet Gynecol. 2020;135(4):925‐934. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000003730. Maternal Outcomes article, Iranian series
  • New placental study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32441303/

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References:

Article reviewed in detail in show:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213294519300936

Cytotechnology decrease:

https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/134/5/820/1766532

Changing role of Cytopathology:

https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/136/1/108/1766572

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Chris’ Youtube channel, Illustrations of Histology

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9hT3pD4Pw7yHtVRxCA846w

Study aids that Chris mentions:

https://sketchymedical.com/

https://apps.ankiweb.net/

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Dr. Schwartz’s recent articles on SARS-Co V-2

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32338533/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32180426/

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/194

Maternal death, Iran case series:

https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(20)30516-0/fulltext

Stillbirth in Switzerland:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765616?guestAccessKey=ad8e820c-c4ac-4cec-8be2-b8bf77e349e2&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=043020

Columbia, NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316

Rhode Island’s stay at home order lifted, from local NPR story:

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/05/08/rhode-island-stay-at-home-order-expiring

Rhode Island, hispanic population:

https://www.wpri.com/health/coronavirus/data-covid-19-disproportionately-affecting-ris-latino-population/

Test, trace, and isolate:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/testing-tracing-backbone-who-coronavirus-wednesdays-briefing/

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/test-trace-how-u-s-could-emerge-coronavirus-lockdowns-n1182626

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/28/846736937/we-asked-all-50-states-about-their-contact-tracing-capacity-heres-what-we-learne

Additional article (not discussed but interesting resource on Covid in Africa):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-09/coronavirus-how-ebola-helped-africa-prepare-for-pandemic?utm_campaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

Delay in some cancer surgeries:

https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/for-now-we-wait-postponing-cancer-surgery-during-the-coronavirus-crisis

Things I found in AM’s Twitter feed:

REALLY great article about antibody testing:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0897-1#MOESM1

NYT article about vaccine:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html?referringSource=articleShare

Call Center in S Korea:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article

Anitbody testing:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/29/antibody-test-coronavirus-fatality-immunity/?utm_campaign=wp_opinions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Cancer patients, increased complications:

https://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/04/24/2159-8290.CD-20-0422

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WHO caution:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/world-health-organisation-cautions-against-immunity-passports/

High NY numbers of antibodies

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-antibodies-test-ny.html

Some question antibody testing:

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/covid-19-antibody-testing-a-disaster-says-roche-ceo-as-its-diagnostics-sales-rise

ACOG recommendations:

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/03/novel-coronavirus-2019

Pregnant women testing positive

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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Burnout article:

Pubmed ID: 32080726

Elective surgeries decreasing:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitals/u-s-hospitals-halt-lucrative-procedures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-job-cuts-follow-idUSKBN21I388

Layoffs:

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/8/21213995/coronavirus-us-layoffs-furloughs-hospitals

Resources (provided thanks to Ms. Garcia and Lotte Mulder of the ASCP)

www.ascp.org/leadership

For the Book Club: those interested can email Leadership@ascp.org

Perceived Stress Scale http://www.mindgarden.com/documents/PerceivedStressScale.pdf

American Institute of Stress https://www.stress.org

NPR series “Stressed Out”: https://www.npr.org/series/327816692/stressed-out

TED playlist titled, “Talks to Help You Manage Stress” https://www.ted.com/playlists/315/talks_to_help_you_manage_stres

Additional resources for burnout from the ASCP- including a FREE course!:
http://links.site02.ascpmail.org/servlet/MailView?ms=NTM4NTE4NQS2&r=MjczMDY1MTI5MjES1&j=MTAyMDcxNTUxMAS2&mt=1&rt=0

https://store.ascp.org/productlisting/productdetail?productid=124494054&_ga=2.65678062.1149207411.1589910151-617320008.1584107348

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CDC data on deaths from COVID, with age breakdown.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm

Men>Women

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/men-are-much-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-but-why

New York - allocation

https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/#allocation

Maryland information- Chest article

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369218325650

Arthur Caplan interview, excellent resource for ethics of allocation:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/social-distance-ration-doctors-care/609229/

Diane Rehm (national treasure) and Arthur Caplan:

https://dianerehm.org/shows/2020-04-07/rationing-care-during-the-covid-19-crisis

NYT ER doctor diary:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/magazine/coronavirus-er-doctor-diary-new-york-city.html

Endothelialitis, article:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30937-5/fulltext

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State Counts:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Winslow address:

https://zenodo.org/record/1448241

CDC definition:

https://www.cdcfoundation.org/what-public-health

Dr. Winslow did many, many things (sheesh!):

https://news.yale.edu/2015/06/02/public-health-giant-c-ea-winslow-who-launched-public-health-yale-century-ago-still-influe

Lawyer boom:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2018-01-29/law-school-applications-increased-during-president-trumps-first-year

Public health funding:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695931/

Dr. Wobker’s recommendations for media consumption:

Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt)

Hopkins podcast Public Health on call: https://www.jhsph.edu/podcasts/public-health-on-call/

Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD)

Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) and his podcast pulsecheck (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/politicos-pulse-check/id1107777021).

And my recommendation, national treasure Diane Rehm: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381443514/diane-rehm-on-my-mind

And just in case you’re bummed and want to smile:

https://twitter.com/BlackHalt/status/1249344368819032064

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CIA factbook, Spain

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html

CIA factbook, USA

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

State counts:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#states

Spain corona data:

https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

Spain timeline:

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-spain-factbox/timeline-how-the-coronavirus-spread-in-spain-idUSL8N2BO4TL

Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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Articles with description of lung pathology:

  • Xu Z, Shi L, Wang Y, et al. Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr; 8:420-422.
  • Fei Zhou, Ting Y, Ronghui Du, et al. Clinical Course and Risk Factors for Mortality of Adult Inpatients With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Lancet

2020 Mar; 395, 1054-62.

Dr. Mukhopadhyay online:

  • https://health.clevelandclinic.org/heres-the-damage-coronavirus-covid-19-can-do-to-your-lungs/
  • https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/a-pulmonary-pathologists-perspective-on-covid-19/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPtH42Lnt_Y

Resource for ARDS:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK436002/

State counts:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#states

Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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NYT live updates, for those who can’t get enough

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Financial Times page, excellent source of data and A+ inforgraphics

https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

World o Meter, keeps US numbers as a whole, most others break down by state

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

CDC website for testing:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/testing-in-us.html

The COVID tracking project:

https://covidtracking.com/data

Information about R-naught:

https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/how-scientists-quantify-intensity-of-an-outbreak-like-covid-19

Georgia funeral article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/coronavirus-funeral-albany-georgia.html

Choir practice:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-choir-outbreak

International spread

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-westport-connecticut-party-zero.html

Rapid diagnostic tests

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/01/scramble-rapid-coronavirus-tests-everybody-wants/

NYT editorial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/coronavirus-doctors-duty.html

Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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These are the articles that I used as a reference for this episode:

  • https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-coronavirus-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41587-020-00010-2
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-testing-intl-hnk/index.html
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/?fbclid=IwAR0bRgB7FUhyda2d4tgEvaxCvSjgVyRvUSdmFHUoNnnp5Fa3fBV6vwCFBPc
  • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-coronavirus-tests-work-and-who-offers-them/
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200131114748.htm
  • https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-went-wrong-with-coronavirus-testing-in-the-us
  • https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-bungled-coronavirus-testing-things-may-soon-improve

Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.