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Anchor lead: Can a simple treatment reduce a common hospital-acquired infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Spores of clostridium difficile, an organism often responsible for diarrhea and sometimes death of hospitalized people, may be effective in preventing reccurence of the illness, a …
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Anchor lead: Patients can help physicians deliver the best care by clearly identifying what they want, Elizabeth Tracey reports Surprise! Your physician may just as unhappy about discussing bad news with you as you are upset by hearing it. But …
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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 …
