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Anchor lead: Can something as simple as a paper test strip help stem the tide of opioid overdoses? Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid overdoses continue unabated, with the opioid fentanyl increasingly implicated, the latest data show. Susan Sherman, a professor of …
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Anchor lead: A special type of cell helps some people fight off severe skin infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many skin infections are caused by a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus, with the most infamous strain known as methicillin resistant staph aureus, …
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Anchor lead: When parents take a role in the NICU, babies do better, Elizabeth Tracey reports Parents who’ve been carefully trained by staff in the neonatal intensive care unit or NICU can successfully help care for their critically ill infants, …
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Anchor lead: If you’ve had Lyme disease and are still having symptoms, what should you do? Elizabeth Tracey reports Lyme disease symptoms may actually persist after treatment and result in an ongoing condition known as “post treatment Lyme disease syndrome,” …
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Anchor lead: How can post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome be recognized? Elizabeth Tracey reports Lyme disease sometimes fails to respond to treatment, and may result in a constellation of symptoms that, taken together with the presence of the characteristic rash at …
