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May 20, 2014 – Women and Statins
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ANCHOR LEAD: HOW SHOULD WOMEN USE STATINS DIFFERENTLY FROM MEN? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Statins reduce heart disease risk in vulnerable people, everyone can agree, but recent reports suggest that vulnerability varies between men and women, and too many women may …
May 19, 2014 – MERS
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE MERS VIRUS? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Is MERS a public health emergency, as the WHO seems poised to declare? Not yet, but the organization is monitoring the situation closely and global health authorities …
May 16, 2014 – Too Much Diabetes
May 14, 2014 – Gender Difference
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ANCHOR LEAD: STROKE IS YET ONE MORE CONDITION WHERE SYMPTOMS FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES DIFFER FROM THOSE OF MEN, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Women experience many health conditions differently from men, increasing numbers of studies report, as do minorities. Now research …
May 13, 2014 – Stroke Miss
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHO’S AT GREATEST RISK TO HAVE THEIR STROKE DIAGNOSIS MISSED? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Identifying stroke early is key to employing the best treatments and medications to reduce long term consequences, but certain groups of people are at high …
May 12, 2014 – Depression and Outcome
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU’RE DEPRESSED PRIOR TO SURGERY? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Only 10% of surgeons surveyed routinely screen their patients for depression and other mental health conditions prior to surgery, even though professional guidelines recommend they do so. …