ADHD and CVD, hospice care, CTE and dementia, anemia, cardiac surgery and IV iron

TT HealthWatch - Aug. 28, 2026
Elizabeth Tracey and Dr. Richard Lange

This week's topics include ADHD and CVD, hospice care in the city and the country, CTE and dementia, and anemia, cardiac surgery and IV iron.

Program notes:

0:37 CTE and dementia in NFL players

1:37 Post mortem CTE presence and stage

2:35 Past look at brains of players who died

3:35 Lesion is perivascular tau

4:34 Warning on repeated head trauma

5:14 IV iron for anemia before cardiac surgery

6:14 Anemic before surgery?

7:17 Hospice in rural and urban areas

8:18 People 66 years or older who died

9:20 Length of stay shorter, private or nursing homes

10:20 Doesn't limit hospice care

10:33 ADHD and CVD

11:33 About a 30% increase in CVD

12:45 End

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