In this week's podcast, soy nuts help reduce blood pressure, calcium and vitamin D appear to reduce breast cancer risk in some women, new genes found associated with breast cancer, surgery helps for some back conditions but not others, and medicines used in MRI may pose a health risk. Program notes:

Program notes:
0:30 Soy nuts and high blood pressure
1:00 Ate half a cup a day
2:00 Diet and breast cancer
2:30 Premenopausal women and calcium and vitamin D intake
3:30 1000 women developed breast cancer
3:40 Genetic breast cancer risk
4:30 Human Genome Project benefit
5:20 Increase surveillance
5:55 Surgery for back problems
6:55 Spinal fusion
7:49 Herniated disks and conservative therapy
8:50 Spondylolisthesis
9:49 Back surgery and second opinion
10:30 MRI contrast agent risk
11:15 MRI used more often
11:58 Severe condition
12:26 Know your kidney function
12:50 End

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