This week’s topics include a new diagnostic test for heart attack, radiation exposure due to CT and other imaging studies, dangers of hormonal therapy in some men with prostate cancer, and responses to clopidogrel.

Program notes:
0:25 Sensitive troponin for early detection of heart attacks
1:27 Major advantage is can detect early
2:22 Genetic testing for response to blood thinner ‘clopidogrel’
3:29 May be able to use some genetic testing in future
4:27 Hormone therapy in men with heart disease
5:25 Avoid this therapy for some men
6:10 Radiation exposure with imaging studies
7:10 Relatively young and healthy population
8:10 Use of ionizing radiation more frequent than we thought
9:12 More state of the art doesn’t always benefit
10:09 End

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