Category: Obesity
PodMed- Week of January 18, 2016
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This week’s topics include mental health conditions and bariatric surgery, durability of bariatric surgery in adolescents, fresh or frozen fecal transplant, and a new treatment for COPD. Program notes: 0:38 Fresh or frozen fecal transplant 1:39 Screen and store frozen …
December 4, 2015 – Fat and Exercise?
December 3, 2015 – Central Obesity
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Anchor lead: Where fat accumulates on your body has important implications, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who accumulate fat around their waists, called central obesity, are known to be at higher risk for heart disease than those who store the stuff …
PodMed – Week of November 16, 2015
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This week’s topics include belly fat dangers, continuous versus intermittent CPR, silicone breast implants, and intensive versus standard blood pressure control. Program notes: 0:37 Tight blood pressure control 1:38 Standard versus tight control 2:38 More intensive therapy required three medicines …
October 6, 2015 – Meningioma Risk
October 5, 2015 – Brain Tumors and Weight
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Anchor lead: Is there a relationship between overweight and certain brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports Over a third of all brain tumors actually develop from the tissue covering of the brain and are called meningiomas. Now a new study implicates …