This week’s topics include cardiovascular disease risk factors in NFL players, a treatment for complications of heartburn, people who can forgo compression stockings, and balance disorders.

Program notes:
0:44 Cardiovascular risk factors in NFL players
1:36 High blood pressure three times that of the general population
2:30 Risk factors may include weight training
3:24 Prevalence of balance disorders
4:22 Adjust body position without cues
5:20 Remove objects, vestibular retraining
5:38 Compression stockings don’t help post-stroke
6:40 Surgical patients do benefit
7:06 Treatment for lesions related to chronic heartburn
8:06 Screen for Barrett’s esophagitis
9:06 Prevention of GERD
10:06 End

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