The 2 Minute Medicine® Podcast- Episode 1

Welcome to the 2 Minute Medicine® Podcast, summarizing the latest medical studies, curated and written by practicing physicians. On this podcast, twice a month, we cover the latest in health care news and research evidence.

We begin this episode by covering the journey that Selma Blair has been on while Dancing with the Stars and living with multiple sclerosis, introducing the head of lettuce that went viral for outlasting Liz Truss's time in office, discussing what Covid 19 has been doing to our cardiovascular health and sharing the full story of Emmanuel the Emu's Avian influenza scare. In the second half of the episode we discuss two articles of the week, "Trial of thrombectomy 6 to 24 hours after stroke due to basilar artery occlusion" from the NEJM and "Effect of financial incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT-III)" from the BMJ.

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