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Anchor lead: An effective and safe vaccine for Ebola is here, Elizabeth Tracey reports A vaccine with 100% effectiveness in preventing Ebola virus infection has been reported in the Lancet. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of …
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Anchor lead: Women face a dizzying constellation of issues as they age, Elizabeth Tracey reports Aging populations are at the forefront of many government and policy discussions, but women bear the brunt of the majority of both physical disability and …
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Anchor lead: Physicians are addressing the opioid drug crisis on a number of fronts, Elizabeth Tracey reports Teams of physicians are joining up to create solutions to the prescription opioid medication crisis, the American Medical Association has announced. Eric Strain, …
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Anchor lead: Should opioid drugs come with an antidote? Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s an epidemic of prescription opioid overdose in this country, with some experts calling for these potent pain relievers to also come with a dose of an antidote …
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Anchor lead: What’s behind the reluctance to use a tried and true technique for treating ovarian cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a woman newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you should be apprised of your eligibility for use of chemotherapy …
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Anchor lead: Women with ovarian cancer may not be offered an often beneficial therapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Intraperitoneal chemotherapy, where chemotherapy drugs are infused directly into a woman’s abdominal cavity, isn’t offered to many women with ovarian cancer who could …
