December 6, 2016 -NSAIDs and the Heart
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Anchor lead: How do some types of pain relievers effect your heart? Elizabeth Tracey reports A study presented at the recent American Heart Association meeting comparing the pain relievers celecoxib or Celebrex, naproxen and ibuprofen for people with chronic arthritis …
December 5, 2016 – Nurse Training
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Anchor lead: Outcomes are better when nurses are more educated, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hospitals staffed with more nurse assistants relative to those with more registered nurses see many more adverse outcomes for patients, a recent study in the British Medical …
PodMed – Week of December 5, 2016
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This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device …
December 2, 2016 – Resource Guide
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Anchor lead: Putting resources in one place helps those who care for adolescents, Elizabeth Tracey reports Y2CONNECT is the name of a comprehensive, online resource also accessible by smartphone apps that brings together programs designed to keep teenagers healthy and …
December 1, 2016 – Immediate Help
November 30, 2016 – Stroke Rehab
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Anchor lead: Does learning lead to repair of injury in stroke patients? Elizabeth Tracey reports Use of a video game-like training program for people who’ve had a stroke shows that training really doesn’t impact repair of the brain damage but …