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Rick Lange, MD: How common are neurologic manifestations of people hospitalized with COVID? Elizabeth: A new antibody for people with severe asthma. Rick: For kids with inner ear infections, tubes or no tubes? Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist. Rick: And Im Rick Lange, president of Texas Tech Univer...

Also this week: nanoparticle vaccine for COVID and dexamethasone for surgical site infections

The thing about being a teenage nerd is… you do a lot of awkward stuff. This is not so much because you’re a nerd, but because you’re a teenager and teenagers are generally awkward, unfinished human beings. In my case, I devoted a downright silly amount of time to Leslie Knope-esque scrapbooks and collages of things I loved. For history’s sake, of course. Action figures were never an obsession of mine, but if it was on paper? That made it into a dearly important record. And I had clippi...

Rick Lange, MD: A novel treatment of anemia in people with severe kidney disease. Elizabeth: Does the age at which you develop diabetes affect whether youre going to develop dementia? Rick: And long-term follow-up of non-hospitalized COVID-infected patients. Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TTHealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist. Rick: An...

Rick Lange, MD: Palliative care for people that have cancer or other terminal diseases. Elizabeth: How many adults with dementia are taking a number of medicines that could affect their central nervous system? Rick: And is it wise to stop mask-wearing and allow on-premise dining? Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medi...

12:38 End Rick Lange: Household transmission of COVID. Elizabeth: A worldwide look at glycemic index and its multiple consequences. Rick: And the early effectiveness of COVID vaccines. Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist. Rick: And Im Rick Lange, president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Cent...

Rick Lange: Do people with COVID benefit from a blood thinner? Elizabeth: A really exhaustive look -- so far -- at the human gut microbiome and how it may be related to disease. Rick: And a different anti-inflammatory medication for people with COVID and respiratory problems. Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medic...

This week's topics also include long-term COVID sequelae and AstraZeneca vaccine outcomes

Rick Lange, MD: COVID-19 transmission in schools. Elizabeth: Spontaneous cardiac activity after withdrawing life support. Rick: And allergic reactions after the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tracey, a Baltimore-based medical journalist. Rick: And Im Rick Lange, president of Texas Tech University Health Sci...

9:31 National survey shows only 1/3 used aids to quit 11:00 End Transcript: Rick Lange: Mask-wearing and COVID transmission in the United States. Elizabeth: What can we do to help those people who continue to smoke? Rick: And should you discontinue certain hypertensive medicines if you have COVID infection? Elizabeth: Thats what were talking about this week on TT HealthWatch, your weekly look at the medical headlines from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Im Elizabeth Tra...