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This week's topics include cytosine for smoking cessation, beta blockers in heart failure and atrial fibrillation, Glp-1 agonists and diabetes management, and clonality and blood cancers. Program notes: 0:56 Cytisine for smoking cessation 1:58 Cytisine, nicotine replacement, and therapy 2:58 …
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This week’s topics include the impact of contraception on teen pregnancy, mechanical versus tissue heart valves, acupuncture for knee pain, and early gluten introduction and celiac disease. Program notes: 0:36 Acupuncture and knee pain 1:35 Study designed to minimize bias …
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Anchor lead: How might epigenetics be involved in cancer development? Elizabeth Tracey reports Epigenetics, or changes to genetic material that don’t involve DNA, have been shown to be present in a variety of types of cancer, work by Andrew Feinberg …
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Anchor lead: Epigenetic changes are confirmed in several types of cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports What do lung, breast, colon and several other cancers have in common? Research by Andrew Feinberg and colleagues at Johns Hopkins and Harvard has shown a …
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Anchor lead: How are genetics, epigenetics and related fields related? Elizabeth Tracey reports Epigenetics, or changes to genetic material that don’t actually reorder DNA, have been implicated in a range of diseases and conditions, many recent studies show, but are …
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Anchor lead: How does a newly identified gene associated with suicide risk work? Elizabeth Tracey reports How can a gene called SKA2 be associated with suicide risk, as shown recently by Johns Hopkins investigators? Zachary Kaminsky, principal investigator, explains. Kaminsky: …
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Anchor lead: Can we identify those at risk for suicide by their genes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Suicide claims the lives of thousands each year, leaving in its wake incomprehension and pain for many survivors, and in some populations more and …
