Achilles tendinitis, breast cancer, cardiac stent placement, and depression medication

TT HealthWatch - Nov. 6, 2026
Elizabeth Tracey and Dr. Richard Lange

This week's topics include treatment of achilles tendinitis, avoiding chemo in some types of breast cancer, imaging and cardiac stent placement, and a psychedelic medication in depression.

Program notes:

0:45 Imaging for cardiac stent placement

1:45 12 month target vessel failure

2:38 Treatment resistant depression and psychedelic medicine

3:38 Three dosages and psychological support

4:38 Adverse events same among all groups

5:38 Will it last longer than 60 days?

6:36 Need to compare head to head

7:00 One in thirteen people have achilles tendinopathy

8:00 Initial improvement with steroids then rapid decline

9:00 People must be patient

9:10 HER-2 positive early breast cancer giving chemo a miss

10:10 Utilizing PET imaging

11:10 A third responded just to antibodies

12:47 End

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