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Anchor lead: About one in five people who take an antibiotic may have an adverse event, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people who are hospitalized receive antibiotics, but a new study by Pranita Tamma, an antibiotics use expert at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: Should you consider an implanted cardiovascular defibrillator? Elizabeth Tracey reports Implanted cardiovascular defibrillators, or ICDs, shock someone’s heart back into a regular heartbeat when it fails to beat regularly, and the devices save lives. Now a study in …
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Anchor lead: What might be the impact of changing the fats you eat? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should you switch your fat consumption to vegetable oils, especially extra virgin olive oil? Yes, advocates a recent “Presidential Advisory” from the American Heart …
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Anchor lead: Can overcoming heart disease be as simple as changing fats? Elizabeth Tracey reports Saturated fats, such as those in meats and butter, are bad for your heart, and you should substitute vegetable fats, especially extra virgin olive oil. …
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Anchor lead: A new band aid kind of patch may soon improve vaccination rates, Elizabeth Tracey reports Are you phobic about needles and injections? Many people are, especially children, so a new vaccine technology reported recently in the Lancet that …
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Anchor lead: Can a band aid like patch replace needles in vaccination? Elizabeth Tracey reports Imagine getting your flu immunization each year without an injection, painlessly, and on your own schedule. That’s the promise of a new band aid like …
