{
  "id": 13491560,
  "title": "Best Strategy for Early Septic Shock; Hormone Therapy and Blood Clot Risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/best-strategy-for-early-septic-shock-hormone-therapy-and-blood-clot",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-10T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/podcasts/healthwatch/123345"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The podcast covers several medical topics, including early septic shock management, hormone therapy risks, and lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).\n\nFor early septic shock, Rick Lange, MD, suggests that both vasopressin and norepinephrine are equally effective in improving survival rates. The study found that these treatments resulted in patients being alive and out of the hospital within 90 days at similar rates.\n\nHormone therapy, specifically oral estrogen, appears to increase the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction (MI). The Danish study identified over 9,800 women with venous thromboembolism, 18,000 with ischemic stroke, and nearly 12,000 with MI who had been taking hormone therapy. These women were matched with women who had never taken hormone therapy, excluding those with a history of related conditions. The results indicate that hormone therapy poses potential risks for these specific health issues.",
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}