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This week’s topics include end of life care in a spectrum of illness, dementia and blood transfusions, coprescribing of naloxone with opioids, and treatment of binge eating disorder. Program notes: 0:31 End of life treatments 1:32 Compared with cancer 2:33 …
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This week’s topics include obesity trends in the US, the benefits of calorie restriction, a look at the Mediterranean diet, and syphilis screening guidelines. Program notes: 0:45 USPSTF recommendations for syphilis screening 1:47 One more thing for the STI panel …
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This week’s topics include Zika and microcephaly, getting a handle on HIV in Africa, the impact of mortality data reporting, and suicides among US military. Program notes: 0:34 Suicidality among Army enlistees 1:38 Likely in second month of enlistment 2:36 …
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This week’s topics include metabolic surgery, talking with patients about advanced cancer, sodium in those with kidney disease, and blood pressure in the elderly. Program notes: 0:34 Blood pressure lowering in elderly 1:31 Blood pressure below 120 2:34 Intensive required …
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This week’s topics include reducing suicide, CABG plus medicines for some people, risk following TIA, and metformin first for type 2 diabetes. Program notes: 0:32 Look at a multitude of strategies to prevent suicide 1:32 16 different services implemented 2:32 …
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This week’s topics include teenage BMI and cardiovascular mortality, income and death, five star ratings for hospitals, and daily aspirin use. Program notes: 0:38 Hospital ratings and outcomes 1:35 About a fifth received two stars or one star 2:36 Socioeconomic …
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Anchor lead: How does use of high tech devices complicate the experience of death? Elizabeth Tracey reports LVAD is shorthand for left ventricular assist device, a technology that keeps the heart beating even at the last stages of heart failure. …
