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Anchor lead: Can nurses help surrogate decision makers for people in the intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who are making medical decisions for loved ones in the intensive care unit are called surrogates, and their task can be …
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Anchor lead: New recommendations have been released regarding colorectal cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve reached the age of 45, it’s time to schedule your first screening for colorectal cancer. And you can choose which screening test to use. …
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Anchor lead: A genetic assay can help many with early breast cancer avoid chemotherapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports A widely available 21-gene assay can help women with so-called intermediate risk breast cancer avoid chemotherapy and simply stick to endocrine therapy, a …
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Anchor lead: What is the impact of high profile suicides? Elizabeth Tracey reports Suicide can be contagious, research into rates of spates of suicide show. Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at Johns Hopkins, says when a prominent and …
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Anchor lead: Women are increasingly using lethal means to commit suicide, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released disturbing data on the increasing rates of suicide nationally. Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at …
