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Anchor lead: Does using MRI improve prostate biopsies? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using both ultrasound and MRI images, a new study reports that improved rates of detecting more serious prostate cancer are possible. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center …
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Anchor lead: Cervical cancer rates have been underestimated, Elizabeth Tracey reports Rates of cervical cancer have for years been reported as low and falling, but now a new analysis of the data removing women who’ve had their uterus removed from …
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This week’s topics include risks of gestational diabetes, managing low back pain, ED physician opioid prescribing, and cooling the scalp for chemotherapy. Program notes: 0:34 Risk of gestational diabetes to infant 1:33 Needing a C-section increased 2:32 Managing low back …
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This week’s topics include sickle cell trait and HbA1c, carcinogen levels and e-cigarettes, mutations and myelodysplastic syndrome, and kids ingesting pet medicines. Program notes: 0:33 Kids eating medicines intended for pets 1:34 Retrospective poison center data 2;28 Must have appropriate …
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This week’s topics include heart problems and e-cigarettes, aortic valve replacement, the health impact of low socioeconomic status, and real life lung cancer screening data. Program notes: 0:33 Risk for premature death 1:33 Low SES more important than most other …
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Anchor lead: A new treatment offers hope for people with non-small cell lung cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new type of therapy for people with non-small lung cancer, which has historically been very hard to treat, has shown quite promising …
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Anchor lead: Some tumors evade the best defenses, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as cancer treatments are becoming more targeted and specific, some tumors are demonstrating their ability to evade them, a recent case report in the New England Journal of …
