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Anchor lead: How do genes and proteins influence whether someone gets a common viral infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nod1 is the name of a protein that when altered, may increase susceptibility to infection with cytomegalovirus, abbreviated CMV. That’s according to …
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Blood pressure lowering meds and fracture, LASIK surgery outcomes, treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and measles and mumps outbreaks. Program notes: 0:33 LASIK outcomes 1:33 Glares or haloes after surgery 2:31 Three or four times more likely to complain online …
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Anchor lead: Using technical advances with antibiotics can help avoid infections in replaced hips or knees, Elizabeth Tracey reports Nanofibers and antibiotics applied to the surface of prosthetic hips or knees helps avoid infections in those joints, a study conducted …
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Anchor lead: Infections of replaced knees or hips may be avoidable, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many thousands of Americans undergo hip or knee replacement each year, and when infection occurs in one of these joints the consequences are dire. Now Lloyd …
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Anchor lead: Can targeted messages improve acceptance of the HPV vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports The HPV vaccine prevents cancer, but less than half of young teenagers receive it. Now brief, targeted messages developed by the Centers for Disease Control and …
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This week’s topics include Zika complications, hypothermia and in-hospital heart attack, long term heart attack survival and hospital performance, and ADHD medications and bone mineral density. Program notes: 0:35 Hypothermia and heart attacks 1:33 About 6% treated with hypothermia 2:32 …
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This week’s topics include ICD impact, a model for Zika drug screening, depression identification and treatment, and whether CPAP helps. Program notes: 0:40 ICDs in some people with heart failure 1:40 Not helpful with overall death 2:40 If you can …
