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Anchor lead:  Clearly identifying severity of traumatic brain injury is important in both management and prognosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Brain derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, may help assess the severity of brain injury when people are brought to the emergency …

September 15, 2015 – BDNF Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can a blood factor help determine the extent of brain injury?  Elizabeth Tracey reports. Traumatic brain injuries, abbreviated TBIs, affect millions of people each year, resulting in many emergency department assessments.  Now a blood test developed by Frederick …

September 14, 2015 – Traumatic Brain Injury Read more »

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Anchor lead: A new device may help people with Parkinson’s, Elizabeth Tracey reports A simple headset developed by Yousef Salimpour and colleagues at Johns Hopkins may help people with Parkinson’s disease cope with symptoms more easily. The headset stimulates certain …

July 27, 2015 – Parkinson’s Help Read more »

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This week’s topics include cognitive decline with and after stroke, health care workers reporting to work sick, extended anticoagulation after PE, and sublingual allergen treatment. Program notes: 0:38 Physician stay home when ill 1:38 Almost 1000 healthcare workers surveyed 2:40 …

PodMed – Week of July 13, 2015 Read more »

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This week’s topics include autism and vaccines, oral insulin and diabetes prevention, management of first time seizures in adults, and long term effects of Ebola virus infection. Program notes: 0:40 Vaccines and autism 1:44 Looked at over 95,000 children 2:45 …

PodMed – Week of April 27, 2015 Read more »