Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
January 31, 2018 – Triple Punch
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Anchor lead: Can combining treatments lead to a win in lung cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using drugs that target so-called epigenetic changes, where chemical groups are added to DNA, may help one of the newest types of cancer therapy, …
January 30, 2018 – Ketamine Uses
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Anchor lead: It is practical to use ketamine to manage depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports The anesthetic agent ketamine is proving useful in treating depression, as well as alleviating suicidal thoughts when they occur, a recent study showed. Irving Reti, a …
January 29, 2018 – Ketamine and Depression
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Anchor lead: Can the drug ketamine help people with depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ketamine is a drug that’s been around for quite a while, used for anesthesia. Now it’s proving its utility as a fast acting antidepressant, with the latest …
January 26, 2018 – Predictive Value
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Anchor lead: Liquid biopsies likely shouldn’t be used to guide clinical decisions for men with prostate cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Being able to monitor for cancer progression with a blood test- that’s the promise of liquid biopsy. But for men …