October 23, 2015 – Ischemic Preconditioning
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Anchor lead: Can temporarily restricting blood flow improve outcomes from heart surgery? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ischemic preconditioning is the insider trader term for temporarily restricting blood flow to the heart prior to heart surgery with an eye toward improving outcomes, …
October 22, 2015 – Bad Actors
October 21, 2015 – Diagnostic Errors
October 20, 2015 – Early Strokes
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Anchor lead: Looking at eye movements to discern stroke may lead the way to early intervention, Elizabeth Tracey reports Looking at eye movements to diagnose stroke may enable doctors to institute treatment strategies early and avoid an even bigger stroke, …
October 19, 2015 – Missed Strokes
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Anchor lead: Can eye movements help doctors avoid missing strokes? Elizabeth Tracey reports A new device that examines eye movements may be key in helping doctors identify people who are having a stroke but don’t have typical symptoms. David Newman-Toker, …
PodMed – Week of October 19, 2015
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This week’s topics include cancer in elephants, red wine and type 2 diabetes, CRE facts, and ongoing Ebola concerns. Program notes: 0:34 Persistent presence of Ebola virus 1:33 100 male survivors 2:31 Don’t know what the risk is 3:32 Elephants …