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Anchor lead: Getting patients involved pays off, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patients who had spinal surgery and engaged in a telephone intervention designed to help them stay on track with their postoperative physical therapy experienced less pain and improved functioning six …
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Anchor lead: A simple telephone intervention may improve orthopedic surgery outcomes, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you knew you could improve your outcome from spinal surgery with just a few phone calls, would you do it? That was exactly the outcome …
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Anchor lead: Could psychedelic drugs be used to treat depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Contrary to popular belief, psychedelic drugs not only don’t cause mood disorders, they are actually associated with a decreased risk of developing them. That’s according to a …
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Anchor lead: Does use of psychedelic drugs case depression or other mood disorders? Elizabeth Tracey reports Psilocybin and other hallucinogenic drugs have long been associated with the potential for causing depression or other mood disorders, but a study by Matthew …
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Anchor lead: How much medical testing is needed before cataract surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cataract surgery is very common, and so is medical testing beforehand, costing taxpayers millions of dollars although a study led by Johns Hopkins ophthalmologist Oliver Schein …
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This week’s topics include PCSK9 inhibition, best choice for mitral valve replacement, gestational diabetes and autism, and preoperative testing before cataract surgery. Program notes: 0:40 Gestational diabetes and autism 1:35 Before 26th week of pregnancy 2:37 Study doesn’t give us a …
