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Week of April 18, 2008

This week's topics include paired kidney transplants, mumps infections in the US, waist size and disease and death, and fish oils in Crohn's disease.

Program notes
0:33 Paired kidney transplant
1:10 Large databases help match
2:16 Should have recognized this idea
3:06 Successful at living with just one kidney
4:00 Mumps coming back in US?
5:02 Two immunizations may not be adequate
6:07 Overseas travel may result in exposure
7:01 Waist size significantly affects mortality
:00 Address as a separate risk factor
9:00 Fish oils and Crohn's disease
10:0 Prevention not effective
11:00 No proven dietary interventions
11:22 End

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