Category: Health Newsfeed
July 24, 2014 – Stopping Opioids
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Anchor lead: Florida has had success in stemming the tide of opioid deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports Prescription opioid medications have outpaced street drugs in causing drug overdose deaths, the most recent national data demonstrate. The state of Florida took aim …
July 23, 2014 – Innovation Hub
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Anchor lead: Can a hospital space devoted to ideas solve some problems in healthcare? Elizabeth Tracey reports What’s the best way to solve procedural problems in the workplace? Chip Davis, president of the Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, …
July 22, 2014 – : Resistant Bugs
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Anchor lead: What’s the status of resistant organisms worldwide? Elizabeth Tracey reports Across the globe, drug-resistant bacteria and viruses are emerging at an alarming rate, a new report from the World Health Organization warns. Michael Klag, dean of the Johns …
July 21, 2014 – Lung Cancer Trial
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Anchor lead: A new national effort takes aim at one type of lung cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Can treatment for one type of lung cancer be rapidly advanced with the participation of pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, geneticists and researchers? That’s the …
July 14, 2014 – Tomosynthesis
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Anchor lead: Should you have a new imaging technique to screen for breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Tomosynthesis is a new imaging technique for breast cancer screening that’s been much in the news after a study using this technique along …
July 15, 2014 – Overtreatment
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Anchor lead: Will a new imaging technique to screen for breast cancer produce even more overtreatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports Overtreatment is a term most often referring to cancer treatment, where tumors that would never have been life-threatening are treated, costing …