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Archive for August, 2010

Podcast 98: Leafy green vegetables apparently lower one’s risks for type 2 diabetes

Joe Elia • August 20th, 2010

Categories: Audio, Diabetes type 2, diet, Uncategorized

(1 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5)

Our interview this week is with a research nutritionist whose BMJ meta-analysis found a 14% reduction in risk for type 2 diabetes among those with the highest intake (versus those with the lowest) of leafy green vegetables. It’s a meta-analysis, and not a randomized controlled trial, and it’s interesting. Listen in. We’re off next [...]

Podcast 97: What happens when vena cava filters break?

Joe Elia • August 14th, 2010

Categories: Audio, Uncategorized, Vena cava filters, venous thromboembolism

(3 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Vena cava filters, often meant to be permanent, can actually lose a strut or two. And it’s not as rare an occurrence as you might think. Our conversationalist found it happens about 15% of the time with a certain brand of filter. The FDA has announced that it’s starting its own studies of the [...]