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This week’s topics include stents versus CABG, screening people without symptoms for heart disease, agreement about breast biopsies, and imaging for low back pain in older folks. Program notes: 0:47 CABG versus stents 1:49 Second generation drug-eluting stents 2:47 Stents …

PodMed – Week of March 23, 2015 Read more »

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Anchor lead:  There really are differences in breast cancer diagnosis and course depending on ethnicity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Women of different ethnicities are first diagnosed at different stages of breast cancer, and even when they all have stage one, more …

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This week's topics include successful community-based intervention for cardiovascular disease, ethnicity and breast cancer, overuse of aspirin, and overuse of tight blood sugar control. Program notes: 0:32 Community based intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction 1:31 Hypertension, cholesterol, smoking 2:32 …

PodMed – Week of January 19, 2015 Read more »