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Place to Die

Posted on October 21, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed Tagged with end of life

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October 21, 2019 Anchor lead: Is home always the best place to die? Elizabeth Tracey reports While most people say they would prefer to die at home, many still end up in the hospital at the end of life. Now …

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Timing of Palliative Care

Posted on October 10, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed Tagged with collaborative care, improved survival

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Anchor lead: When is palliative care most effective? Elizabeth Tracey reports October 18, 2019 Getting palliative care- a team approach aimed at improving symptoms of chronic disease – didn’t extend life in a large VA study if it was given …

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Diabetes and Kidney Disease

Posted on October 10, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Metformin works to reduce heart risk in people with diabetes and kidney disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports October 17, 2019 Metformin is the first medication many people with type 2 diabetes are given, and now a new study shows …

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Now Oral

Posted on October 10, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed Tagged with oral medicines for diabetes

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Anchor lead: A diabetes medicine that used to be injected can now be taken by mouth, Elizabeth Tracey reports October 16, 2019 It’s a pretty safe bet that most people don’t want to have to use injectable medications. Now people …

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Double Dipping

Posted on October 10, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed Tagged with blood sugar, diabetes drugs, off label use

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Anchor lead: What are the issues in using drugs for diabetes in other conditions? Elizabeth Tracey reports October 15, 2019 Perhaps you’ve heard of the diabetes drug metformin being used for weight loss, or the diabetes drug dapagliflozin in heart …

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Heart Failure and Diabetes Drug

Posted on October 10, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed Tagged with heart failure, type 2 diabetes

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Anchor lead: Can a drug used in diabetes help people with heart failure? Elizabeth Tracey reports October 14, 2019 Dapagliflozin is a drug used to manage diabetes, and now it’s been shown to benefit people with heart failure. Rita Kalyani, …

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October 1, 2019 – Good News for TB

Posted on September 26, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases

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Anchor lead: Hope is here for cure of drug resistant tuberculosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pretomanid is the name of a drug recently approved by the FDA for drug resistant tuberculosis, or TB, the type of infection that caused panic among …

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Place to Die

Timing of Palliative Care

Diabetes and Kidney Disease

Now Oral

Double Dipping

Heart Failure and Diabetes Drug

October 1, 2019 – Good News for TB