Month: February 2021
Being Practical
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Anchor lead: Knowing your hearing number will help in health related decisions, Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s a compelling case to be made for reporting hearing levels using numbers that are already in use among audiologists. That’s according to Frank Lin, …
A New Number
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Anchor lead: Hearing is a simple number you should know, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hearing should be a reported number just like cholesterol. That’s according to Frank Lin, a hearing expert at Johns Hopkins, in a recent paper advocating for widespread …
EP25- Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry | Terminology Troubles
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In this next podcast, Maddie Whalen and Elizabeth Scala discuss the terminology that is used when speaking about inquiry work, reviewing literature or speaking with fellow project team members. They discuss the effectiveness and efficacy of information and give examples …
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Amphetamine Use Disorder
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Anchor lead: A new treatment for those with methamphetamine use disorder points to how big a problem this has become, Elizabeth Tracey reports Methamphetamine use is responsible for a staggering number of drug overdoses in the western and midwestern United …
New Variants
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Anchor lead: How worried should we be about new Covid-19 variants? Elizabeth Tracey reports Variants on the Covid-19 virus have popped up from at least three places around the world, scientists have found, with the potential for enhanced transmission person …
Air Pollution and Life Expectancy
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Anchor lead: Why does air pollution reduce life expectancy? Elizabeth Tracey reports How does air pollution impact life expectancy? A recent study suggests exposure to air pollution may be a major factor accounting for differences in life expectancy among residents …