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Anchor lead: Even slightly overweight people are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports A very large study following young men for almost two decades shows that even when people are at the high end of normal weights, …
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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 statins for those at intermediate risk for heart disease, fresh fruit consumption in China, atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery, and screening for COPD Program notes: 0:36 Fresh fruit consumption in China 1:35 Reduction in blood pressure …
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This week’s topics include home care and survival, timing of HRT, Lyme disease and long term antibiotics, and cardiac procedures before surgery. Program notes: 0:34 Lyme disease and long term antibiotics 1:35 Randomized to placebo or one of two antibiotic …
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Anchor lead: Coronary calcium can reveal more than heart disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Coronary calcium scanning may be a method for predicting a host of diseases besides heart disease, a study by Michael Blaha, a preventive cardiology expert at Johns …
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Anchor lead: Physical fitness may help you survive a heart attack, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have a history of physical activity are more likely to survive a heart attack than those without, a retrospective study led by Michael Blaha, …
