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Anchor lead: Has bariatric surgery for teens come of age? Elizabeth Tracey reports Bariatric surgery for obesity treatment is serious stuff, so especially for adolescents, many have resisted this option until more long term results were available. Now two studies …
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Anchor lead: Man’s impact on global health cannot be denied, Elizabeth Tracey reports Carbon footprints, recyclables, renewable energy. Perhaps you don’t usually think of these things as impacting health and healthcare, but they most certainly do, according to a recent …
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Anchor lead: Helping to improve heart valve replacement is one benefit of big data, Elizabeth Tracey reports Discerning the differences between two types of devices used when someone has a valve in their heart replaced is now possible with the …
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Anchor lead: Can a coronary calcium scan help decide if you need blood pressure medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Coronary calcium scans are looking for deposits on the inside of the heart’s arteries, and they can be helpful in determining someone’s …
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Anchor lead: Can CPR in hospitals be streamlined? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people who are hospitalized have a heart attack, inserting instruments to assist their breathing is most often standard issue. But now a new study calls that practice into …
