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October 10, 2018 – TB Vaccine
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Anchor lead: A new vaccine against tuberculosis brings hope, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new tuberculosis vaccine protects about 50% of the people who receive it from contracting the infection, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found. …
October 9, 2018 – Brain Stimulation and Risk
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Anchor lead: Can a finding in gambling monkeys help people control risk taking behavior? Elizabeth Tracey reports A specific brain area has been shown to impact a trained monkey’s risk-taking choices, a Johns Hopkins study reveals. Veit Stuphorn, a neuroscientist …
October 8, 2018 – Monkey Brain
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Anchor lead: A new study in monkeys helps understand risk taking behavior, Elizabeth Tracey reports Training monkeys to gamble has identified a new brain region involved in the actual process of choosing to take risks, researchers at Johns Hopkins have …
October 5, 2018 – Cascade Testing
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Anchor lead: How can we promote genetic testing among close relatives of those with cancer-related mutations? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cascade testing is a strategy for testing close relatives of someone with a known mutation for cancer, with a new study …
October 4, 2018 – Aspirin and Cancer
October 3, 2018 – Aspirin or Statin
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Anchor lead: If you’re at increased risk for a cardiovascular event, statins may be your best prevention strategy, Elizabeth Tracey reports In the wake of the ASPREE trial, where daily aspirin in healthy older folks didn’t reduce cardiovascular disease but …