Preventing Neuropathy From Chemo; Predictive Value of Screening EKGs
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, take a look at the leading medical stories of the week.
Today's subjects consist of preventing chemotherapy caused neuropathy, predictive worth of evaluating EKGs, usage of medications to deal with opioid usage condition, and patterns in heart disease (CVD) in the U.K.
Program notes:
0:40 Trends in CVD in 22 million individuals in the U.K.
1:40 Overall reduction in some by 30%
2:40 Atrial fibrillation most typical now
3:40 Some related to aging
4:22 Routine screening EKGs
5:22 Is an association with subsequent CVD
6:20 Does not suggest regular screening ...