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Anchor lead: What’s the best way to remove blood clots from the brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports Stroke experts are jubilant at results of a study reported recently where mechanical techniques to remove blood clots from the brains of people who …
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Anchor lead: Using medications and removing clots helps many with strokes, Elizabeth Tracey reports The blood clot-busting drug called TPA is known to help people with strokes due to clots recover much better, but sometimes clots are stubborn and just …
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This week’s topics include healthcare disparities in the US population, progesterone and traumatic brain injury, PD1 inhibitors and cancer, and a new type of blood thinner. Program notes: 0:47 New cancer pathway 1:47 PD-1 ligand inactivates immune system 2:47 Cancer …
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Anchor lead: Can a new technique help answer the question of how repeated sports-related head injury impacts the brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports The NFL and other sports organizations have a vested interest in determining the consequences of head injury experienced …
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This week’s topics include best medication for initial diabetes therapy, Ebola update, lowering blood pressure after stroke, and an LDL variant and aortic valve disease. Program notes: 0:41 Ebola update in NEJM 1:41 Case fatality rate 74% 2:39 Even with …
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This week’s topics include a new drug for MDR TB, concussion in adolescent girls, cancer screening in the elderly, and smoking cessation after hospital discharge. Program notes: 0:35 Cancer screening in the elderly 1:35 31 to 55% of high mortality …
