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Week of January 23, 2009

This week’s topics includes management of wheezing in children, fine particulate matter in the air, increase in MRSA in head and neck infections in kids, and a trend toward less severe heart attacks.

Program notes
0: 30 Wheezing in children
1:34 Oral administration of steroids didn’t help
2:26 Use of steroids in children with asthma
3:31 Most over the counter inhalers not as effective
4:32 Most of the MRSA in ear infections
5:30 Need to be more effective at diagnosis and treatment
6:01 Heart attacks becoming less severe
7:02 Amount of muscle dying is smaller
8:15 Fine particulate pollution declining
9:15 Transportation produces
10:21 End

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