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Anchor lead: A test specific for relapsing polychondritis would help improve diagnosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Imagine having a painful condition that affected many of your joints and even your ability to breathe, yet not being able to get a diagnosis. …
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Anchor lead: A dizzying array of symptoms can accompany a condition called relapsing polychondritis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Relapsing polychondritis is a rare autoimmune condition, where the body attacks its own cartilage and collagen, a tough fibrous component of skin and …
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This week’s topics include the obesity paradox, early peanut feeding, incompatible kidney transplants, and ultraprocessed food consumption. Program notes: 0:35 Ultraprocessed foods 1:35 NHANES data 2:31 Contributed 90% of added sugar 3:31 Culinary ingredients 3:52 Feeding peanuts to infants 4:50 …
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This week’s topics include safety of kidney donation, off-label use of prescription drugs, death in middle age, and spending and malpractice. Program notes: 0:34 Death in middle aged people 1:35 In contrast to everywhere else in the world 2:35 Opiates? …
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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 …
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This week’s topics include open versus microsurgical laminectomy, PT versus surgery for lumbar issues, sudden cardiac death and exercise, benefits of leisure time, moderate or vigorous exercise on mortality, and height and coronary artery disease. Program notes: 0:35 Height and …
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Anchor lead: Nurses get sidelined by chronic injury quite often, Elizabeth Tracey reports The daily grind of working on your feet, lifting people who can’t help themselves and a host of other tasks frequently result in chronic injury for nurses, …
