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Week of August 29, 2008

This week's topics include chewing gum after bowel surgery, statins and myopathy, recovery from West Nile infection, and preeclampsia and kidney disease.

Program notes
0:24 Chewing gum and bowel surgery
1:25 Nurses giving chewing gum
2:28 Saves a lot of money
2:52 Preeclampsia and kidney failure
3:50 Kidney compromise five or more years later
4:44 Common causative agent
5:09 West Nile virus recovery
6:10 Recovery usually complete
6:55 Statins and myopathy
7:44 Gene responsible for 60%
9:07 End

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