This week's topics include: ASCO's plans for post-cancer care, more on HDL and LDL, a lack of harm related to vaccine preservative thimerosol, and questions about the flu vaccine in elderly people.

Program notes:
0:19 Thimerosol
0:47 Relationship to autism

1:19 Neuropsychological outcomes
2:00 Currently about 5000 lawsuits
2:51 Parents aren't vaccinating kids
3:42 There is no scientific evidence
4:03 Flu vaccine in elderly
4:52 Influenza starts downward spiral
6:00 Older people should still get flu shot
7:07 ASCO plan for post-cancer care
8:12 Patients survive years or decades
9:00 HDL and LDL
10:06 Medications used to raise HDL harmful
11:02 HDL does matter
11:40 End

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