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This week’s topics include symptoms in smokers, long term impact of caring for chronically ill, swaddling and SIDS, and CO2 and colonoscopy. Program notes: 0:49 Carbon dioxide and colonoscopy 1:50 CO2 absorbed much faster 2:50 Modest new equipment 3:38 Swaddling …

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This week’s topics include depression screening, colorectal cancer screening by mail, nicotine patches by mail, and malpractice claims. Program notes: 0:38 Colorectal screening by mail 1:35 FIT cards mailed 2:37 Less invasive for initial screen 3:17 Mailing nicotine patches 4:18 …

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This week’s topics include end of life cancer care, the Zika virus, PT and Parkinson’s, and afib in women. Program notes: 0:35 Zika virus 1:37 Pregnant women recommended not to travel 2:35 Rise in microcephaly in Brazil 3:05 Atrial fibrillation …

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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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Anchor lead: More evidence for the benefits of a vegetarian diet in reducing cancer is revealed, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who consume a vegetarian diet reduce their risk of colorectal cancer quite a lot, especially if they also eat fish, …

April 10, 2015 – Vegetarian Diet and Colorectal Cancer Read more »