Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
October 3, 2018 – Aspirin or Statin
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Anchor lead: If you’re at increased risk for a cardiovascular event, statins may be your best prevention strategy, Elizabeth Tracey reports In the wake of the ASPREE trial, where daily aspirin in healthy older folks didn’t reduce cardiovascular disease but …
October 2, 2018 – Who Needs Aspirin?
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Anchor lead: Is there anyone who still should use aspirin daily? Elizabeth Tracey reports A daily aspirin didn’t help reduce cardiovascular events in healthy older people, a recent large study called ASPREE found. Erin Michos, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, …
October 1, 2018 – Cancer Risk
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Anchor lead: A large study using aspirin in healthy older people increased their risk of cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Healthy elderly people given daily aspirin in a study known by the acronym ASPREE didn’t have fewer cardiovascular events, but they …
September 25, 2018 – Genetic Analysis and Lung Cancer
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Anchor lead: Does it help to have a complete genetic assessment when it comes to lung cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Lung cancer is often the result of known mutations abbreviated EGFR and ALK, and these are routinely tested for around …
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September 28, 2018 – TMS versus TDCS
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Anchor lead: Can delivering stimulation across the skull help depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression can be very hard to treat. Now a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS appears to hold some promise. Kyrana Tsapkini, a researcher at Johns …
September 27, 2018 – TDCS at Home
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Anchor lead: Should you use a transcranial stimulation machine on your own? Elizabeth Tracey reports Transcranial direct stimulation or TDCS delivers a small electrical current across the skull to the brain, and new research by Kyrana Tsapkini and colleagues at …