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Anchor lead: Learning CPR is simple and can save lives, Elizabeth Tracey reports CPR works to save lives, two more recent studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association conclude. In Japan and North Carolina, where public education efforts …
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Anchor lead: When more bystanders perform CPR more people survive, Elizabeth Tracey reports Greater numbers of people are performing CPR when they witness a heart attack, with the result that almost twice as many heart attack victims are surviving to …
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This week’s topics include a balloon for middle ear infections, depression screening, antisense RNA for high triglycerides, and hypothermia for kidney donation. Program notes: 0:42 Balloon for middle ear infections 1:40 Negative pressure causes eardrum to retract 2:40 See expansion …
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This week’s topics include bystander CPR impact, Coumadin and an antibiotic, childhood poverty and brain development, and durable weight loss in obesity. Program notes: 0:38 Kids raised in poverty and brain development 1:38 About a fourth lived near federal poverty …
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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 …
