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Week of February 06, 2009

This week’s topics include breast cancer and HRT, resting heart rate, respiratory syncytial virus, and variable radiation with heart CT.

Program notes
0:27 Respiratory syncytial virus
1:20 Requires special lab tests
2:16 Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer
3:15 When it stops the risk decreases
4:04 CT imaging of heart’s blood vessels
5:10 Specific ways of imaging
6:10 Different methods available
6:52 Resting heart rate
7:52 63% increased risk
8:52 Women over the age of 50
9:49 End

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