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Anchor lead: One day soon you may be called upon to manage your own blood pressure, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure is a tricky thing, going up temporarily in stressful situations like a doctor’s office. So rather than rely on …
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Anchor lead: How might epigenetics be involved in cancer development? Elizabeth Tracey reports Epigenetics, or changes to genetic material that don’t involve DNA, have been shown to be present in a variety of types of cancer, work by Andrew Feinberg …
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Anchor lead: Epigenetic changes are confirmed in several types of cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports What do lung, breast, colon and several other cancers have in common? Research by Andrew Feinberg and colleagues at Johns Hopkins and Harvard has shown a …
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Anchor lead: Can a new material restore pain-free joint movement? Elizabeth Tracey reports Hyaluronic acid is the name of a molecule that helps your joints move smoothly. In people with osteoarthritis levels of this molecule are low, so attempts have …
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This week’s topics include new hip and knee prostheses, cannabis use in adolescents, questionable use of medicines in people with dementia, and aspirin to prevent preeclampsia. Program notes: 0:35 Cannabis use in teenagers 1:35 Frequency of use before age 17 …
