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Week of December 12, 2008 |
This week’s topics include flu awareness week, no benefit from antioxidants in preventing cancer in men, unintentional overdoses with prescription drugs, and eye diseases increase worldwide.
Program notes
0:25 Influenza review in NEJM
1:35 Expanded vaccination guidelines
2:23 Vaccine developed before the flu season
3:21 Flu mist
4:19 JAMA study panning C, E, and selenium
5:16 Antioxidants don’t seem to help
5:28 Unintentional overdose from prescription medications
6:22 Got it from people to whom it was prescribed
7:05 Increase in eye disease
8:12 Diabetics need regular eye exams
9:22 Collect reading glasses for worldwide distribution
9:47 End
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