Category: Neurology And Neurosurgery
August 14, 2017 – Continued Risk
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Anchor lead: Even after surviving a stroke or TIA, risk remains, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve survived a stroke or a transient ischemic attack, abbreviated TIA, you may think you’ve dodged a bullet, but a recent study suggests that’s not …
July 31, 2017 – Glioblastoma
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Anchor lead: Senator John McCain’s brain tumor will likely require more than surgery to treat, Elizabeth Tracey reports Brain tumors have come into focus with Senator John McCain’s diagnosis. Matthias Holdhoff, a brain cancer expert at Johns Hopkins, describes what’s …
PodMed – Week of July 31, 2017
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This week’s topics include football and CTE, discontinuing statins, intramuscular HIV meds, and long term risks of stroke and TIA. Program notes: 0:32 Stroke and TIA risk 1:35 Adverse outcomes five years later 2:35 Be aggressive about managing risk 3:24 …
July 18, 2017 – Unbundling
June 28, 2017 – Don’t Try at Home
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Anchor lead: For people who have trouble speaking, an electrical current delivered through the skull may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports Primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, is medicalese for a condition where people have trouble speaking or naming things, but don’t …
June 27, 2017 – PPA
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Anchor lead: People who have trouble communicating may have a condition called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, and there is a therapy that may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports When someone has trouble talking, it may have a number of causes, …