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This week’s topics include deaths relative to diabetes, increases in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US youth, the benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain, and draft recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening. Program notes: 0:40 Prostate …

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This week’s topics include weight and mortality, normal BMI and cardiovascular risk factors, flu vaccination and mortality in kids, and an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Flu vaccination and death in children 1:35 About a fourth of …

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This week’s topics include a single novel prosthesis report, the benefits of knee replacement, resorbable stents, and health policy on opioid prescription and treatment for addiction. Program notes: 0:32 Stents that are bioresorbable 1:32 Typical metallic stent versus bioabsorbable 2:29 …

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This week’s topics include ‘drip and ship,’ direct to consumer ads, steroid injections for low back pain, and cancer mutations. Program notes: 0:37 Drip and ship 1:37 Best to closest stroke center 2:37 TPA helpful in expanding window 3:43 Mutations …

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This week’s topics include managing after DVT, anticoagulation in folks with a-fib, surviving with cystic fibrosis, and where to have rehabilitation after knee replacement Program notes: 1:00 Folks with cystic fibrosis survive longer in Canada 2:00 Have transplant earlier 3:00 …

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This week’s topics include how often women need pelvic exams, what we can learn from the oldest old, mouse allergens and asthma, and cardiometabolic death and diet. Program notes: 0 :30 Learning from the oldest old 1:30 Physical performance and …

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This week’s topics include testosterone supplementation, acupuncture and migraines, cardiac devices and MRI, and stem cell transplantation for MS. Program notes: 0:30 Testosterone supplementation for aging males 1:31 Looked at cognition and cardiovascular health 2:30 Plaque actually accelerated 3:30 Hypogonadism …

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