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This week's topics include obesity in kids, use of home blood pressure monitors, interventions in type 2 diabetes, and gum disease and cancer.
Program notes
0:30 Increasing obesity in adolescents
1:26 About a third are significantly overweight
2:10 Use insulin early in type 2 diabetes
3:17 Sets the tone for a new type of therapy
4:19 17% reduction in cardiovascular disease
5:19 Home monitoring of blood pressure
6:37 Take machine into doctor's office
7:26 Record throughout the day and the time
8:14 Gum disease and cancer
9:28 14% increased risk
10:13 Does treatment decrease risk?
10:51 End
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