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Anchor lead: Treating hepatitis C results in lots of benefits, Elizabeth Tracey reports Effective treatment for hepatitis C reduces both acute liver inflammation as well as subsequent liver cancer, a recent study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …
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Anchor lead: Can immune cells in your gut affect your weight? Elizabeth Tracey reports What does your immune response have to do with body weight? Perhaps quite a lot, new research reveals. Michael Blaha, a preventive cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: Electronic cigarettes outperform other smoking cessation aids, Elizabeth Tracey reports Smokers who were attempting to quit who used e-cigarettes to assist them were successful more often and remained nonsmokers in greater numbers than those who used other nicotine …
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Anchor lead: The poster child for out of control drug prices is insulin, Elizabeth Tracey reports Congress is looking closely at skyrocketing drug prices, with one obvious example the drug insulin. This life-preserving medicine is required by millions of people …
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Anchor lead: People with diabetes visit the emergency department a lot, Elizabeth Tracey reports Diabetes tops the list for medical conditions among older frequent users of emergency departments, a recent national study revealed. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns …
