Strokes, Crohn’s top-down therapy, oxygen for preterm infants, maternal diet

TT HealthWatch - Sept. 18, 2026
Elizabeth Tracey and Dr. Richard Lange

This week's topics include maternal diet to avoid peanut and egg allergy, oxygen for preterm infants, top-down therapy for Crohn's, and neuroprotective therapy for stroke.

Program notes:

0:37 New stroke therapy

1:37 Use of IV for 10 days after stroke

2:37 Present late after a stroke

3:39 Long-term outcomes of top-down therapy in Crohn's

4:40 Outcomes up to five years

5:40 Early TNF use from diagnosis improves outcomes

6:42 No real downside

7:38 How much oxygen for 32–35-week neonates?

8:34 Ongoing respiratory support needed?

9:34 Not hypoxic to begin with

9:50 Feeding eggs and peanuts during pregnancy

10:50 Did not impact risk for infant allergy

11:50 One-third dropped out

13:03 End

 

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