This week’s topics include treatment of wheezing in infants, acupuncture for low back pain, aspirin and clopidogrel use for atrial fibrillation, and treatment of breast cancer in older women.

Program notes:
0:30 Infants 6 weeks to 12 months and wheezing
1:38 Avoiding hospitalization
2:15 Often due to respiratory syncytial virus
3:10 Aspirin and clopidogrel in people with atrial fibrillation
4:00 Can’t tolerate coumidin
5:00 Risk of bleeding still fairly low
5:30 Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in older women
6:22 Combination chemo preferable
7:06 Overall tolerated well
7:31 Acupuncture in low back pain
8:22 All the acupuncture did better
9:22 A year out maintained the benefits
10:05 End

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