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Anchor lead: Should everyone who comes to an emergency department be screened for hepatitis C? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a baby boomer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you be screened for hepatitis C, a viral …
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This week’s topics include asthma and under the tongue immunotherapy, reducing C. dif infections, safety of smoking cessation drugs, and antibiotic stewardship. Program notes: 0:39 Safety of smoking cessation medicines 1:40 None increased risk of psychiatric problems 2:40 How about …
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This week’s topics include home care and survival, timing of HRT, Lyme disease and long term antibiotics, and cardiac procedures before surgery. Program notes: 0:34 Lyme disease and long term antibiotics 1:35 Randomized to placebo or one of two antibiotic …
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This week’s topics include behavior change and genetic risk, quitting smoking cold turkey, better prescribing, and avoiding vaccination consequences Program notes: 0:40 Eradicating infectious disease 1:35 Measles and pertussis 2:35 Civic duty to be vaccinated 3:35 Centralized mechanism to monitor …
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Anchor lead: Can releasing modified mosquitoes stem the Zika tide? Elizabeth Tracey reports Genetically modified mosquitoes are being used in many areas of the world to combat mosquito-borne illness, and are now being released in the hopes of stemming the …
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Anchor lead: Can a very simple quiz assess sexually transmitted infection risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sexually transmitted infections are rampant, and new organisms capable of causing them are being identified by federal agencies. Charlotte Gaydos, a sexually transmitted diseases expert …
