Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
April 30, 2019 – Diet and Asthma
April 29, 2019 – Changing Definition
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Anchor lead: Can a new method for assessing early Alzheimer’s point the way to more effective therapies? Elizabeth Tracey reports Removing amyloid from the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease didn’t change disease progression, the latest disappointing study found. Now …
April 26, 2019 – New Alzheimer’s Technique
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Anchor lead: Can a new form of brain imaging help spot Alzheimer’s disease earlier? Elizabeth Tracey reports Alzheimer’s disease may be easier to stop if we diagnose the condition earlier. Gwenn Smith, a brain imaging expert at Johns Hopkins, and …
April 25, 2019 – HIV Transmission
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Anchor lead: Who transmits HIV most often? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who don’t even know they’re infected with HIV are the ones who spread the infection most in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. …
April 24, 2019 – Eliminating HIV
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Anchor lead: Would actual elimination of HIV be possible? Elizabeth Tracey reports HIV infection can be eliminated in the US. That lofty goal was recently put forward by the Trump administration, and Joseph Cofrancesco, an HIV expert at Johns Hopkins, …