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AMA Update 538: A healthier holiday: Avoiding colds, the health benefits of gratitude and 5 more minutes of exercise

What is a respiratory infection? Can you test too early for COVID? How much exercise do adults need per day? Can exercise lower your blood pressure? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers current trends of COVID, RSV, and flu and preventing illness this holiday season. She also discusses the obesity epidemic in the US and why adding five minutes of exercise to your daily routine can help lower blood pressure, plus the mental and physical benefits of practicing gratitude. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 339: New FDA-approved RSV shot for babies and CDC’s ACIP meeting recap with Sandra Fryhofer, MD

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended a new monoclonal antibody shot that can protect babies from RSV. The AMA’s ACIP liaison, Sandra Fryhofer, MD, joins to discuss the recommendation and details of the shot, including who should get it, how often and what the side effects are. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 167: Latest on the monkeypox outbreak with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

COVID-19 boosters this September, CDC designates monkeypox as nationally notifiable condition as outbreak continues, and new CPT codes added, as covered by AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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La Ciencia Pop 32: S01E32 | Cazadores de virus

Send us a text La inflamación hepática, o hepatitis, es causada principalmente por infecciones virales, aunque el abuso del alcohol, las toxinas ambientales y las enfermedades autoinmunes también son causas importantes. En la década de 1940, quedó claro que hay dos tipos principales de hepatitis infecciosa. La primera, llamada hepatitis A, se transmite por agua…

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La Ciencia Pop 12: S01E12 | Lucy in the sky with virus

Send us a text La pandemia de influenza de 1918 mató a cerca de 50 millones de seres humanos y su paso por el mundo dejó una estela de muerte y terror. Una de las cosas más terroríficas sobre esta pandemia es que jamás supimos qué fue lo que la causó; en efecto, la relación…

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