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This week's topics include chlorhexidine baths in the ICU, dangers of too much sitting, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and stem cell therapy for MS Program notes: 0:40 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection 1:36 Outcomes no better 2:32 Bathing patients with chlorhexidine in the …
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This week’s topics include random mutations and cancer risk, increased mortality and type 1 diabetes, concussion and rest, and kidney donation and pregnancy risk. Program notes: 0:42 Concussion management? 1:42 All presented soon after concussion 2:41 One to two days …
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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 …
