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This week’s topics include Clostridium difficile treatment, cardiovascular risk factors for adolescents, lariat device for atrial fibrillation, and digoxin and mortality. Program notes: 0:40 Possible treatment for C.dif 1:40 Can we use a different strain to colonize? 2:40 Immediately after …
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Anchor lead: Should physicians ask patients about gun ownership? Elizabeth Tracey reports Gun ownership is known to be a risky business, associated with much higher rates of suicide, homicide and accidental death than among those who don't own guns. In …
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Anchor lead: A gradual approach to using antidepressants in kids may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports SSRI medications do help manage depression, but they take some time to work, and for kids, may initially aggravate rather than help mood instability. Now …
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This week’s topics include neonatal abstinence syndrome, early HPV vaccination, new vaccine for herpes zoster, and IVC filters for pulmonary embolism. Program notes: 0:36 HPV vaccination 1:36 Reduced risk of dysplasia 2:30 Parents underestimate child’s sexual experience 3:01 New herpes …
