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This week’s topics include seafood consumption and Alzheimer’s disease, transcranial stimulation for tinnitus, long term use of marijuana and cognition, and mobile texts for medication adherence. Program notes: 0:40 Fish and cognition 1:49 Moderate seafood associated with less cognitive deficit …
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Anchor lead: A skin patch form of an oral medication for drug abuse may help in the fight against opioid addiction, Elizabeth Tracey reports Buprenorphine is a medicine used to help people overcome opioid addiction, and it’s fairly helpful in …
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Anchor lead: The FDA should regulate supplements, Elizabeth Tracey reports Kratom is an herbal supplement that’s drawing notes of warning as more people are attempting to use it to treat heroin addiction, and finding that side effects and perhaps even …
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Anchor lead: Should you try a supplement to ease heroin use? Elizabeth Tracey reports Kratom is the street name for an herbal remedy for heroin addiction that’s just appeared on the radar of medical professionals. That’s because while the supplement …
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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 …
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This week’s topics include a new treatment for one form of leukemia, opioid prescription guidelines, dangers of common medications in teenagers with regard to fetal risk, and electrical fields for a type brain tumor. Program notes: 0:32 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia …
