Category: Health Newsfeed
January 14, 2016 – Cutting Back
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Anchor lead: Will federal guidelines for opioid prescription help? Elizabeth Tracey reports The CDC has developed a draft document for docs who prescribe opioid drugs, with an eye toward reducing the staggering number of deaths related to their use. Eric …
January 13, 2016 – Opioid Prescribing
January 12, 2016 – Worldwide Cancer
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Anchor lead: How does the burden of cancer differ around the world? Elizabeth Tracey reports Domestically, cancer is largely becoming a chronic disease, one people live with for many years. Now the Institute of Medicine has looked at cancer patterns …
January 11, 2016 – Kids Cancers and Mutations
January 1, 2016 – Remote Consult
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Anchor lead: Video links are becoming more practical for medical visits, Elizabeth Tracey reports Video links via computer or smartphone are increasingly used for consults with physicians. Dierdre Johnston, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, describes how much patients like a …
December 31, 2015 – No Worries
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Anchor lead: A new grading system should reduce fears for many men with prostate cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Among the many prognostic indicators for prostate cancer is the Gleason score, used for decades by pathologists to identify how advanced a …