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This week’s topics include Guillain-Barre and Zika infection, inducing older first time moms, long term survival from childhood cancers, and screening for visual acuity in older adults. Program notes: 0:31 Guillain-Barre syndrome and Zika 1:31 Compared with historical infection 2:31 …
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Anchor lead: Vision loss related to diabetes can be effectively treated without lasers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ranibizumab is the tongue-twisting name of a drug shown to be effective in halting damage to the retina of the eye due to diabetes, …
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Anchor lead: How much medical testing is needed before cataract surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cataract surgery is very common, and so is medical testing beforehand, costing taxpayers millions of dollars although a study led by Johns Hopkins ophthalmologist Oliver Schein …
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This week’s topics include PCSK9 inhibition, best choice for mitral valve replacement, gestational diabetes and autism, and preoperative testing before cataract surgery. Program notes: 0:40 Gestational diabetes and autism 1:35 Before 26th week of pregnancy 2:37 Study doesn’t give us a …
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This week’s topics include chef-enhanced school meals, diabetic retinopathy treatment, exercise, vitamin D and falls, and stents versus medical therapy for those at risk for a second stroke. Program notes: 0:34 Chefs and school meals 1:34 Randomized to chef or …
