Wartime Strategies to Save Lives at Home - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Wartime Strategies to Save Lives at Home - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Wartime Strategies to Save Lives at Home From WWI and WWII to warzones today, whole blood is used to save the lives of severe trauma patients. Now, it’s making its way into civilian hospitals as well Continue »

iPacemaker: Smartphones Saving Lives Millions of people need surgically implanted cardiac devices, like pacemakers, to keep them alive. Close monitoring of these devices is critical and now for the first time, patients might be able to check these from their phones Continue »

Drug Safety and Pregnant Women During COVID What happens when a pregnant woman is diagnosed with COVID-19? There are growing concerns that any medicine or treatments given to mom could also harm baby Continue »

Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Abdominal aortic aneurysms are a swelling or ballooning in the major blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lower half of the body and is fatal most of the time. Dr. Terrin discusses whether or not doxycycline is a useful answer Continue »

OCD: Dealing with Compulsions During Pandemic About one in 50 people suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. Now, with the added stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, what treatments should patients be looking for?  Continue »

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Smart Living for this week:

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

Mitigating Migraine: New Medication Is A Game Changer! 
Teshamae Monteith, MD, Chief of the Headache Division and associate professor of Clinical Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 

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Quote of the week:

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” 

— Author Anne Lamont

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