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This week’s topics include telomeres and the Mediterranean diet, as needed or continuous asthma medications, CDC circumcision guidelines, and safe sleeping for babies. Program notes: 0:50 Telomeres and the Mediterranean diet 1:45 Correlation and aging? 2:45 Other diets didn’t do …

PodMed – Week of December 8, 2014 Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can a new technique help answer the question of how repeated sports-related head injury impacts the brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports The NFL and other sports organizations have a vested interest in determining the consequences of head injury experienced …

December 12, 2014 – : Brain Injury and Deficits Read more »

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Anchor lead:  A new imaging method may help identify specific brain changes relative to repeated head injury, Elizabeth Tracey reports A specialized form of PET imaging and use of a unique tracer to look at very specific markers of brain …

December 11, 2014 – Football and Brain Injury Read more »