Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
May 15, 2018 – Masked High Blood Pressure
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Anchor lead: High blood pressure may escape detection in the doctor’s office but be very risky, Elizabeth Tracey reports Masked hypertension describes the case where a person’s blood pressure is normal while in a physician’s office, but is high elsewhere. …
May 14, 2018 – Blood Pressure
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Anchor lead: Measuring blood pressure over 24 hours while someone is out and about may be the best way for many, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure measurements are both more accurate and helpful when measured over 24 hours while someone …
May 11, 2018 – Social Determinants and Children
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Anchor lead: Programs providing support for children benefit us all, Elizabeth Tracey reports Social support programs are in the crosshairs when it comes to government cost-cutting, particularly those for children, but a recent report demonstrates that such strategies don’t work …
May 10, 2018 – Antidepressant Guidelines
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Anchor lead: How long should someone take an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports A recent report cited troubling symptoms for some people when they stop taking antidepressant medications. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins who assisted in the report’s data …
May 9, 2018 – Stopping Antidepressants
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Anchor lead: How troubling is it to stop taking an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people who take medicines to combat depression experience a range of troubling symptoms when they stop, a recent report found. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at …
May 8, 2018 – Diet and Cancer Survival
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Anchor lead: Can eating a Mediterranean-type diet improve cancer survival? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with colon cancer who had been treated for their cancer and who consumed a healthy diet, were physically active and practiced other healthful behaviors lived longer …