The Bob Harrington Show

Bob Harrington interviews his colleague Bryant Lin, whose lung cancer diagnosis inspired him to teach a class on his experience and write a book on living while dying.This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals onlySunshine: An Exploration of Living When You Are Dying https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/822950/sunshine-by-bryant-lin-md/MED275 - A Doctor’s Journey with Lung Cancerhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuP5qOnCjJ-5lMaHJsGAAIN2xtc-8R0DBThree Hopes and a Dream: Bryant Lin Keynote Address | 2025 Stanford School of Medicine Graduationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogVjD2WS6qkStuck@Home concerts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0BIZVTB5wDon’t fall for these myths on prior authorizationhttps://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/don-t-fall-these-myths-prior-authorizationWhite House drafting executive order to take over NIH grant approvals: Reportshttps://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6102144-executive-order-nih-grantmaking/Lou Gehrig, The Luckiest Man https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/lou-gehrig-luckiest-manYou may also like:Hear John Mandrola, MD’s summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twicQuestions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bob Harringson and former FDA commissioner Rob Califf discuss medical misinformation, its impact on public and individual health, and how to fight against it. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Is a Long-Simmering Crisis Boiling Over? U.S. Primary Care Today https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms2510425 The Global Wellness Economy Hits a Record $6.8 Trillion and Is Forecast to Reach $9.8 Trillion by 2029 https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/press-room/press-releases/the-global-wellness-economy-hits-a-record-6-8-trillion-and-is-forecast-to-reach-9-8-trillion-by-2029/ Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078 Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)17018-9/abstract Here's What We Know https://weillcornell.org/heres-what-we-know Fifth Circuit sides with ivermectin-prescribing doctors in their quarrel with the FDA https://www.courthousenews.com/fifth-circuit-sides-with-ivermectin-prescribing-doctors-in-their-quarrel-with-the-fda/ SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-people-are-losing-food-assistance-as-the-republican-megabill Chronic Conditions and Food Insecurity in US Children https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2839376 As Unregulated Peptides Flood the Market, Clinicians Encouraged to Counsel Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/unregulated-peptides-flood-market-clinicians-encouraged-2026a1000e63 Coethia https://coethia.com/ You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cardiologists Bob Harrington and Lisa Rosenbaum discuss the loss of trust in medicine, how it may reflect patients' desire for agency, and strategies to earn it back. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Taking Our Medicine — Improving Adherence in the Accountability Era https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1307084 Full Coverage for Preventive Medications after Myocardial Infarction (MI FREEE trial) https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa11079 Dr Rosenbaum's Not Otherwise Specified Podcast https://not-otherwise-specified-podcast.nejm.org/ The Concierge Cure? https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms2510427 Medical Education in the United States and Canada – Flexner https://doi.org/10.1126/science.32.810.41 The Importance of Being – Abraham Verghese https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0837 Evidence-Based Medicine https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71 You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Drs Bob Harrington and Bob Wachter discuss the use of AI in healthcare, and Dr Wachter's latest book, A Giant Leap. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington A Giant Leap. How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776443/a-giant-leap-by-robert-wachter-md/ Revisiting the Time Needed to Provide Adult Primary Care https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07707-x Bob Wachter, Digital Doctor Author, Interviewed https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848172 Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71 Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html What This Computer Needs Is a Physician: Humanism and Artificial Intelligence https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.19198 Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04074-y Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412 Perceptions and Opinions of Patients About Mental Health Chatbots: Scoping Review https://doi.org/10.2196/17828 User Intentions to Use ChatGPT for Self-Diagnosis and Health-Related Purposes: Cross-sectional Survey Study https://doi.org/10.2196/47564 KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll: Artificial Intelligence and Health Information https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-misinformation-tracking-poll-artificial-intelligence-and-health-information/ You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cardiologist Bob Harrington talks to Mitch Elkind, chief science officer for Brain Health and Stroke at the AHA, about the heart-brain connection and why what's good for the brain is good for the heart. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078 Migraine Headache: An Under-Appreciated Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Women https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014546 Cardiovascular disease patients have increased risk for comorbidity: A cross-sectional study in the Netherlands https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2017.1398318 Characteristics and treatment of midlife-onset epilepsy: A 24-year single-center, retrospective study https://doi.org/10.1002/epd2.20253 Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disorder https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.025 Cardiac Changes in Parkinson's Disease: Lessons from Clinical and Experimental Evidence https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413488 The neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-019-0333-5 Failed Semaglutide for Early Alzheimer's Not the End of the Road? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/failed-semaglutide-early-alzheimers-not-end-road-2025a1000y4l Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.121.055018 Reduced regional cerebral blood flow in patients with heart failure https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.874 Heart-brain Interactions in Heart Failure https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2018.14.2 While You Were Sleeping, the Brain's 'Waste Disposal System' Was at Work https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/while-you-were-sleeping-brains-waste-disposal-system-was-2025a1000mbb Repurposing Semaglutide and Liraglutide for Alcohol Use Disorder https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3599 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001356 "VOODOO" Death https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1593 Longitudinal brain ageing after stroke: a marker for neurodegeneration and its relevance for upper limb motor outcome https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf299 Unlocking Longevity: Aging Reimagined https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1002241 You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Drs Harrington and Gibson's annual review of cardiovascular medicine: ACS guidelines, antiplatelet management, GLP-1s, and ever lower LDL-C with drugs or even gene editing are among the highlights. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington New ACS Guidelines 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001309 ACS Guideline Chair and Vice-Chair Discussion https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/acs-guidelines-2025-key-points-chair-and-vice-chair-2025a100093l Antiplatelet/Antithrombotic Strategies Prasugrel Beats Ticagrelor in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes After PCI https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/prasugrel-beats-ticagrelor-high-risk-patients-diabetes-after-2025a1000wbt Early Withdrawal of Aspirin after PCI in Acute Coronary Syndromes (NEO-MINDSET) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2507980 Aspirin in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome Receiving Oral Anticoagulation (AQUATIC) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2507532 Bayesian Machine Learning Model Guiding Iterative, Personalized Anticoagulant Dosing Decision-Making : ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 Trial Analysis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102504 Factor XI Inhibitors Bristol Myers, J&J Stop Blood Clotting Drug Trial After Interim Review https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/bristol-myers-j-j-stop-blood-clotting-drug-trial-after-2025a1000vqu Bayer's Asundexian Met Primary Efficacy and Safety Endpoints in Landmark Phase III OCEANIC-STROKE Study in Secondary Stroke Prevention https://www.bayer.com/en/us/news-stories/oceanic-stroke OAC-Naive Subgroup From OCEANIC-AF Published https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/novel-blood-thinner-shows-promise-atrial-fibrillation-2025a10008lz GLP-1 and Myotrophic Drugs Lilly's Next-gen Drug Shows Greater Weight Loss Than Zepbound in Late-stage Trial (TRIUMPH-4) https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/lillys-next-gen-drug-tops-zepbound-weight-loss-late-stage-2025a1000ys1 Amylin Analog Eloralintide Reduces Weight in Phase 2 Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/amylin-analog-eloralintide-reduces-weight-phase-2-trial-2025a1000uqf CRISPR and Lipid Lowering Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504747 Gene Therapy Shows Lipid Improvement but Raises Flags https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/gene-therapy-shows-lipid-improvement-raises-flags-2025a1000uzw Phase 1 Trial of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Targeting ANGPTL3 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2511778 Evolocumab in Patients without a Previous Myocardial Infarction or Stroke (VESALIUS-CV) https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2514428 Prehospital GLP IIb/IIIa Zalunfiban at First Medical Contact for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (CELEBRATE) https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2500268 You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Drs Harrington, Rodriguez, and Ridker discuss the changing field of cardiac prevention, where imaging fits in, and the new concept of standard modifiable risk factor-less patients. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078 Development and Validation of the American Heart Association's PREVENT Equations https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067626 C-Reactive Protein and Cardiovascular Risk Among Women With No Standard Modifiable Risk Factors: Evaluating the 'Smurf-Less but Inflamed' https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf658 Mortality in STEMI Patients Without Standard Modifiable Risk Factors: A Sex-Disaggregated Analysis of SWEDEHEART Registry Data https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00272-5 Inflammation, Cholesterol, Lipoprotein(a), and 30-Year Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2405182 Statins for the 'SMuRFLess But Inflamed': Silent Vascular Inflammation and the Challenge of Translational Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.101318 VERVE-101: A Promising CRISPR-Based Gene Editing Therapy That Reduces LDL-C and PCSK9 Levels in HeFH Patients https://academic.oup.com/ehjcvp/article/10/2/89/7492807 You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD, give a summary and his perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cardiologist and author Eric Topol discusses the science of longevity, why the key to healthy aging is prevention, and the perils of a fixation on reversing ageing. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666 Wellderly study https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/translational-institute/translational-research/genomic-medicine/wellderly/ Lotte Bjerre Knudsen https://erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjerre-knudsen-the-scientist Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023- Deep Medicine https://drerictopol.com/portfolio/deep-medicine/ You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD, give a summary and his perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine, Ardem Patapoutian speaks of his love for science, why he wishes he had an MD, and the importance of getting out of the lab to inspire young people. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39429349/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2021/press-release/ Piezo1 and Piezo2 are essential components of distinct mechanically activated cation channels https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20813920/ PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau6324 PIEZO Ion Channels in Cardiovascular Functions and Diseases https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.322798 You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD, with his summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bob Harrington chairs a panel with two early-career physician researchers and the head of a large research institute on what the future holds in lights of NIH funding cuts. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington You may also like: Hear John Mandrola, MD's summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week, on This Week in Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Questions or feedback, please contact [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.