# Episode 189: asthma rescue, exercise for cancer, digitoxin, and minor stroke treatment

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Podcast: [Primary Care Update](https://stenobird.com/podcast/primary-care-update-1000928)
Published: 2025-09-10T19:26:17+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1888

## Resource

This week Gary, Kate, Henry and Mark discuss 4 important new studies that are potential POEMs: A new(ish) rescue therapy for asthma, IV thrombolytics for adults with acute minor stroke, whether exercise reduces cancer mortality, and digitoxin (with a t!) as add-on therapy for adults with heart failure.

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