Category: Health Newsfeed
March 22, 2017 – Brain Meds
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Anchor lead: Many older Americans are taking three or more medicines that impact the brain, Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioids, sleep medicines, medicines for psychiatric conditions. The number of retired persons and older who are taking at least three such medicines …
March 21, 2017 – Knee Arthritis
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Anchor lead: Can an internet-based intervention help manage knee pain? Elizabeth Tracey reports Therapy for knee pain due to osteoarthritis was effectively delivered using a web-based approach, a recent study found. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School …
March 20, 2017 – Medical Apps
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Anchor lead: The federal government is stepping into regulation of medical apps, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do you have a medical app on your smart phone? Measuring how many steps you take, how you’re sleeping, what you’re eating? Now federal agencies …
March 3, 2017 – Genetic Testing
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Anchor lead: Why aren’t more people who are candidates for genetic testing for cancer getting tested? Elizabeth Tracey reports Genetic testing can inform a wide range of decisions relative to cancer: one’s own individual risk, the likelihood that certain treatments …
March 2, 2017 – Breast Cancer Blood Test
March 1, 2017 – HPV in Men
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Anchor lead: The rate of human papilloma virus infection in men is quite high, Elizabeth Tracey reports Human papilloma viruses, abbreviated HPV, cause cancer, with some viral strains more problematic than others. Now a new study looks at a national …