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This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also …
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Anchor lead: Everyone’s individual features must be considered in blood pressure management, Elizabeth Tracey reports While experts around the world debate the best way to manage blood pressure, how can those of us who are concerned about our own manage? …
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This week’s topics include coronary calcium scans and hypertension, a look at tonsillectomy, asthma in adults, and diabetes in China. Program notes: 0:32 High blood pressure and calcium scores 1:32 Traditional risk factors plus scan 2:26 Asthma in adults 3:28 …
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This week’s topics include the impact of exercise on chronic medical conditions, more ICU care and outcomes, m-health and diabetes, and insurance status and cancer outcomes. 0:36 Diabetes and m-health 1:38 Text messaging improved eating behaviors 2:38 Long term impact? …
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Anchor lead: Just how aggressively should you manage your blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure managed to a target of 120 millimeters of mercury for the top number, also known as the systolic blood pressure, reduced deaths by about …
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This week’s topics include the dangers of beta blockers and noncardiac surgery, a look at ischemic preconditioning, community acquired pneumonia and influenza vaccination, and bioprosthetic heart valves. Program notes: 0:40 Beta blockers and surgery for noncardiac conditions 1:42 Thirty day …
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Anchor lead: Can controlling high blood pressure reduce diabetes risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Certain types of blood pressure medicines taken at night seem to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, a recent study found. Gregory Prokopowicz, a high blood pressure …
