Emergency Nursing Today Show

Episode 71: Head Trauma Part 2

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In this weeks episode:

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In the news this week:

An article from Fierce Mobile Health Care about a new app from a company called “Tonic”. It looks to be a pretty cool app to track chronic illnesses as well as diet and exercise!

News out of WebMD that 5mg Coumadin pills have been recalled.

A Medline Plus article about the link between increased weight and dementia risk.

Another Medline Plus article on how belly fat increased death risk from heart disease.

Yet another Medline Plus article on obesity. This time on how dietary fat blunts the effects of aspirin.

An article from Medpage Today about a study that discounts the link between salt and hypertension.

A Medical News article on how stems cells can heal cardiac scars from MI’s. This would be a boon to medicine and decrease health care costs dramatically!

A Medical News article about the pluses that would occur is health insurance paid for exercise programs.

And finally, a WebMD article on the treatment costs of patients with A-fib. Some interesting findings from this study!

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The show this week is part 2 of 2 on head trauma. There is a LOT of information in this podcast! I’ll have the study guide up within the next day or so on PhoenixCE.

And now on with the show!! Enjoy!!