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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 …

PodMed – Week of December 21, 2015 Read more »

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Hormone deprivation therapy and dementia, happiness and health, a sickle cell drug, and too much HbA1c testing. Program notes: 0:38 Happiness and mortality 1:32 17% unhappy 2:35 Advocate for Eyore-like behavior? 3:01 Too much HbA1c measurement 4:02 Why is too …

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This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid supplements and neural tube defects 1:38 Significant drop with fortification 2:36 Maybe found …

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