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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 diabetes and mortality, red meat and death, flavored tobacco, and mortality trends in the US. Program notes: 0:39 Processed meats and cancer risk 1:31 No randomized controlled trials 2:31 Carbon footprint with meat production? 3:36 Mortality …

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This week’s topics include cancer in elephants, red wine and type 2 diabetes, CRE facts, and ongoing Ebola concerns. Program notes: 0:34 Persistent presence of Ebola virus 1:33 100 male survivors 2:31 Don’t know what the risk is 3:32 Elephants …

PodMed – Week of October 19, 2015 Read more »