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Week of March 7, 2008

This week's topics include modifying TV and computer use by kids, best place to have lung surgery, risks of hormone replacement therapy, and a blood pressure vaccine.

Program notes
0:19 Benefits of reducing TV and computers
0:56 Impact on very young children
1:40 Children lost weight
2:44 Make suggestion that TV is cue for eating
3:24 Parents calories change too
4:04 Fears of teaching hospitals
5:00 Most have access to teaching hospitals
6:00 Risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy
7:01 Reserved for women with severe symptoms
8:04 If symptoms are not severe or debilitation, wait
9:03 Immunization against angiotensin II
10:05 Many people can't or won't take medication
11:01 Angiotensin modification and blood pressure
11:52 End

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