Ivanhoe Broadcast News (Firm)
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Language
English
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Scientists have discovered that patients without a functioning CCR5 gene show a significantly better recovery from stroke. They have connected this to an HIV treatment that blocks CCR5 in AIDS patients, which slows the progression of the disease. They hope that this might prove to be the first ever treatment to help stroke patients recover better.
2) Rx Health
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Language
English
Description
Most of the 70 students at this unique school in Irvine, California have ADHD, autism, or anxiety issues. The school’s curriculum is based on extensive research from the NIH and the University of California. Find out how these kids are learning life lessons that will help them just as much as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
3) Smart Living
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in predatory scams on the internet and over the phone. People are receiving calls to clean their air vents to prevent the spread of bacteria or offering work-from-home jobs at Amazon. This program highlights some of the biggest scams out there, and provides tips on where to find safe information or report scams and unethical behavior.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 500,000 American servicemen and women suffered post traumatic stress disorder after the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. Traumatic brain injury or TBI was also more frequently diagnosed in veterans serving in post 9/11 conflicts. Now a new non drug therapy addresses veterans struggling with headaches caused by both.
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
First COVID and this winter add the respiratory virus RSV and the flu. Emergency rooms across the country are bursting. E.R. overcrowding has been a health care problem for years but now health experts say it is reaching crisis levels. Heres more on what that could mean for patients who need emergency treatment.
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever heard someone say "I have a gut feeling about that”. Well it turns out your gut may know more than your brain when it comes to some things. In fact some researchers believe by controlling the good bacteria in your gut you can stave off cognitive decline.
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
COVID-19 first hit the news more than three years ago. But since those first reports we have learned so much about the virus. The findings suggest that you dont have to come into contact with a person who has it but by simply touching contaminated surfaces you can come down with COVID. Thats why researchers are now developing new ways to kill COVID before it comes into contact with people.
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Almost everyone knows someone who has battled cancer. Standard care involves chemo and radiation medication and immunotherapies. Now for the first time ever clinical trials are underway testing a new virus that targets deadly cancer cells and wipes them out.
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
More than 53,000 people will have shoulder replacement surgery this year. The average age is 60 to 80. And just like knee and hip replacement surgeries this procedure can be a life changer. Now technology used in some of the latest mixed reality games is making this surgery even better than before.