House Calls, #979, September 7, 2025: Awesome!

New hope for spinal cord injuries as an Israeli team plans to start human trials to transplant grown spinal cord replacements.

A brain tumour was removed through the eye instead of opening up the skull to do so.

Your Calls and Comments:

  • A woman with a complicated medical history (thryroid cancer, chronic pain, oral cavity pain, and hiatus hernia) has symptoms suggestive of reflux and possible damage to her esophagus.
  • A woman wants to know how to interpret her elevated cholesterol levels.

Playlist

1st segment

Intro:  Big Man on Mulberry Street – Billy Joel

Outro: Changes – David Bowie

2nd segment

Intro: Best Day of My Life – American Authors

Outro:  Good Times Roll – The Cars

3rd segment

Intro: Believer – Imagine Dragons

Outro:  Dreamer – Supertramp

4th segment

Intro:  Big Time – Peter Gabriel

Outro: I’m on My Way – The Proclaimers