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This week’s topics include a new drug for heart failure, ZMapp for Ebola, beta blockers in atrial fibrillation and heart failure, and flu vaccine in pregnant women with HIV. Program notes: 0:33 ZMapp for Ebola 1:30 Mortality over 70% 2:32 …

PodMed – Week of September 8, 2014 Read more »

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Anchor lead:  New models for laboratory research help understand infections and inflammation better, Elizabeth Tracey reports Don’t be surprised if sometime soon your physician asks for a very small tissue sample from you to develop a laboratory model of one …

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Headline:  Can a ‘human on a chip’ advance medical science faster than other models?  Elizabeth Tracey reports Medical research is a billion dollar undertaking that may soon be accelerated with use of stem cell technology.  Mark Donowitz, a gastroenterologist and …

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This week's topics include treating adolescent depression, self management of hypertension, transmissibility of MERS, and cardiovascular events around the world. Program notes: 0:31 Self management of high blood pressure 1:30 Increase or decrease medications themselves 2:30 Estimated 20% of people …

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