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Many women being treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer report ‘brain fog,’ or cognition issues. Now a new study examines whether exercise can help reduce or even eliminate this side effect of treatment. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …

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Anchor lead: How can we explain the increase in colorectal cancer in younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports Colorectal cancer is cropping up more frequently in people in their forties, often enough that the American Cancer Society recently modified their guidelines …

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This week’s topics include physician assisted suicide, preventing infection post-C-section in obese women, 12 year outcomes of bariatric surgery, and death among triathletes. Program notes: 0:46 Triathlon events and death 1:43 Half with previously unknown cardiac problems 2:43 Trouble in …

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