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Anchor lead: Can targeted messages improve acceptance of the HPV vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports The HPV vaccine prevents cancer, but less than half of young teenagers receive it. Now brief, targeted messages developed by the Centers for Disease Control and …
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This week’s topics include Zika complications, hypothermia and in-hospital heart attack, long term heart attack survival and hospital performance, and ADHD medications and bone mineral density. Program notes: 0:35 Hypothermia and heart attacks 1:33 About 6% treated with hypothermia 2:32 …
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This week’s topics include ICD impact, a model for Zika drug screening, depression identification and treatment, and whether CPAP helps. Program notes: 0:40 ICDs in some people with heart failure 1:40 Not helpful with overall death 2:40 If you can …
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This week’s topics include a look at beta blockers, intranasal flu vaccine efficacy, acetaminophen during pregnancy, and a new osteoporosis treatment. Program notes: 0:32 Intranasal flu vaccine versus intramuscular vaccine 1:34 Studied in Hutterites 2:32 Previously thought more effective in …
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This week’s topics include genetics and asthma, obesity and diabetes among identical twins, a Zika update, and remote monitoring of patients. Program notes: 0:30 Zika and contraception use 1:34 In places with Zika risk are women using contraception 2:28 Some …
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Anchor lead: More data is emerging on the impact of Zika, Elizabeth Tracey reports The number of cases of Zika virus infection continue to climb worldwide, and additional aspects of infection are being identified. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns …
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Anchor lead: Even as rates of many cancer types are falling, one keeps rising, Elizabeth Tracey reports Human papilloma viruses cause cancer, and that’s why a vaccine has been developed against the most common cancer causing types. Yet new data …
