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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 …
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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 …
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Anchor lead: Physician assistants may soon provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re hospitalized and most of your care is provided by a physician assistant, or PA, should you be worried? No, a study …
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Anchor lead: What happens when physician assistants provide more care for patients in the hospital? Elizabeth Tracey reports Physician assistants who have been specially trained can safely provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, a study by Henry Michtalik …
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Blood pressure lowering meds and fracture, LASIK surgery outcomes, treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and measles and mumps outbreaks. Program notes: 0:33 LASIK outcomes 1:33 Glares or haloes after surgery 2:31 Three or four times more likely to complain online …
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This week’s topics include an alternative to statins, which vessel to use for bypass, NSAID risk, and genes versus lifestyle with regard to cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:48 Heart risk of NSAIDs 1:45 About 2.5% experienced heart attack, stroke 2:42 …
