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This week's topics include beta blockers and non-heart surgery, carotid sounds, smoking interventions by peers, and monoclonal antibody treatment of psoriasis.
Program notes
0:31 Beta blockers prior to surgery
1:18 Surgery increases heart rate and blood pressure
2:14 May be too much beta blocker too soon
3:06 Noise in carotid arteries
4:12 Treat patients more aggressively
5:09 Peer intervention and smoking prevention
6:42 Reduces rate of smoking
7:02 Psoriasis treatment
8:02 Struggle to develop a treatment
9:04 Monoclonal antibody can be extremely effective
10:02 Antibody binds to a protein involved in disease
11:00 End
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