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Week of December 21, 2007 |
This week's topics include a wearable hemodialysis device, no benefit to bowel prep before surgery, too much use of cardiac catheterization, and recent FDA activity
Program notes:
0:24 Hemodialysis device
1:24 Less fatigue with device
2:23 Continuous dialysis gentler
3:19 Causes gut to move
4:22 Most patients will undergo bowel prep
5:00 Heart attack results from blood flow compromise
6:00 May be measuring wrong thing re: heart attack treatment
7:09 Incorrect diagnoses
7:42 FDA mandates
8:25 Nonoxynol containing contraceptives
9:11 FDA decided no OTC sale of statins
10:13 How often do negative side effects occur?
11:52 End
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