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This week’s topics include breast density and mammography, genetic analysis and chemotherapy in early breast cancer, reducing sugar for kids, and treating essential tremor. Program notes: 0:32 Reducing sugar consumption in kids 1:35 A third of what kids are currently …

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Anchor lead:  Insurance status influences cancer outcomes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Men with testicular cancer and either no insurance or Medicaid fared worse than men with commercial insurance, a recent study concluded.  William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at …

August 25, 2016 – Insurance and Outcomes Read more »

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This week’s topics include the impact of exercise on chronic medical conditions, more ICU care and outcomes, m-health and diabetes, and insurance status and cancer outcomes. 0:36 Diabetes and m-health 1:38 Text messaging improved eating behaviors 2:38 Long term impact? …

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Anchor lead: Can better technology reduce the number of prostate biopsies? Elizabeth Tracey reports More aggressive prostate cancers are diagnosed using MRI guided biopsy than the traditional approach, a Johns Hopkins study led by Ballantine Carter, a prostate cancer expert, …

August 10, 2016 – Avoiding Unnecessary Treatment Read more »