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This week’s topics include trans fats, testosterone supplements and atherosclerosis, frozen versus fresh oocytes, and cardiac troponin measurement in people with diabetes and cardiac risk. Program notes: 0:35 Trans versus saturated fats 1:35 Trans fats increased risk for cardiovascular disease …

PodMed – Week of August 17, 2015 Read more »

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This week’s topics include appropriate therapy for those with atrial fibrillation and have also had stents placed, an Ebola vaccine, helping blind people overcome insomnia, and the benefits of oral contraceptives. Program notes: 0:48 An effective Ebola vaccine 1:49 Ninety …

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This week’s topics include a balloon for middle ear infections, depression screening, antisense RNA for high triglycerides, and hypothermia for kidney donation. Program notes: 0:42 Balloon for middle ear infections 1:40 Negative pressure causes eardrum to retract 2:40 See expansion …

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This week’s topics include bystander CPR impact, Coumadin and an antibiotic, childhood poverty and brain development, and durable weight loss in obesity. Program notes: 0:38 Kids raised in poverty and brain development 1:38 About a fourth lived near federal poverty …

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This week’s topics include managing hypertension in those 80 and older, new cholesterol guidelines cost-effectiveness, a new agent to reduce potassium in the blood, and community-acquired pneumonia. Program notes: 0:40 Community acquired pneumonia 1:37 2/3 of time couldn’t find an …

PodMed – Week of July 20, 2015 Read more »