Category: Health Newsfeed
July 3, 2017 – Taking Charge
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Anchor lead: Online testing proves consumers can help manage their own healthcare, Elizabeth Tracey reports Men and women who are concerned they may have a common sexually transmitted infection can elect testing via online and mail services in some parts …
June 30, 2017 – Child Gun Deaths
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Anchor lead: Children comprise a disturbing percentage of gun-related deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports Children younger than 18 years of age account for thousands of gun-related injuries and deaths yearly, the CDC has reported. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins …
June 29, 2017 – Vaping Decline
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Anchor lead: Fewer teenagers are smoking and vaping, Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s been a big decline in the number of US teenagers smoking cigarettes and vaping, the latest CDC data show. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School …
June 28, 2017 – Don’t Try at Home
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Anchor lead: For people who have trouble speaking, an electrical current delivered through the skull may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports Primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, is medicalese for a condition where people have trouble speaking or naming things, but don’t …
June 27, 2017 – PPA
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Anchor lead: People who have trouble communicating may have a condition called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, and there is a therapy that may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports When someone has trouble talking, it may have a number of causes, …
June 26, 2017 – Food Pharmacy
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Anchor lead: Can prescribing food help people with diabetes? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you were prescribed healthy foods and brought to a pharmacy that provided them along with recipes and preparation methods, would that help you follow doctor’s orders? Yes, …