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Anchor lead: Traumatic brain injury rates continue to rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports Increasing participation in sports is one way to help stem the tide of obesity, but it also accounts for increasing rates of traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Vani …
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Anchor lead: How does normal aging affect levels of thyroid hormone? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many, many people take synthetic thyroid hormone because their own levels seem to be too low. But an increasing body of research, including a recent study …
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This week’s topics include testosterone in older men, carotid procedures in those without symptoms, pioglitazone after a stroke, and managing Ebola in the US and Europe. Program notes: 0:52 Testosterone supplements in men with low levels 1:50 Increase in desire …
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This week’s topics include seafood consumption and Alzheimer’s disease, transcranial stimulation for tinnitus, long term use of marijuana and cognition, and mobile texts for medication adherence. Program notes: 0:40 Fish and cognition 1:49 Moderate seafood associated with less cognitive deficit …
