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This week’s topics include a new type of prosthetic leg, breast cancer risk and obesity, mobile phones and CPR, and surgical mishaps. Program notes: 0:40 Mobile phones and CPR 1:41 Almost 6000 trained in CPR 2:40 Only compressions needed 3:20 …
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This week’s topics include cavity shaving for breast tumors, long term outcomes in treated type 2 diabetes, addition of another agent to lower LDL cholesterol, and breast cancer screening recommendations. Program notes: 0:35 Breast tumor cavity shaving 1:35 Had surgeons …
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This week’s topics include dangers of newer oral contraceptives, elevated thyroid hormone and fractures, aflatoxin and gallbladder cancer, and HDL cholesterol efflux and heart disease. Program notes: 0:34 Newer oral contraceptives and risk of VTE 1:31 VTE and older and …
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This week’s topics include chest pain in the ED, long term effects of lithium, steroids and sciatica, and new asthma treatment. Program notes: 0:50 Asthma management 1:50 Modified DNA enzymes 2:31 Lithium and kidney, thyroid and parathyroid 3:31 Increased risk …
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Anchor lead: Can targeting a single enzyme help both heart failure and arrhythmias? Elizabeth Tracey reports Heart failure and disordered beating of the heart known as arrhythmia are killers, but as different as they appear clinically they have an enzyme …
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This week’s topics include measles vaccination benefits, smoking cessation incentives, the dangers of different testosterone delivery methods, and sonography for upper extremity DVT. Program notes: 0:30 Measles vaccination benefits 1:32 What accounts for reduced mortality? 2:31 Decreased other infectious disease …
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This week’s topics include Clostridium difficile treatment, cardiovascular risk factors for adolescents, lariat device for atrial fibrillation, and digoxin and mortality. Program notes: 0:40 Possible treatment for C.dif 1:40 Can we use a different strain to colonize? 2:40 Immediately after …
