Category: Health Topics
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August 14, 2017 – Continued Risk
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Anchor lead: Even after surviving a stroke or TIA, risk remains, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve survived a stroke or a transient ischemic attack, abbreviated TIA, you may think you’ve dodged a bullet, but a recent study suggests that’s not …
PodMed – Week of August 14, 2017
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This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment. Program notes: 0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine? 1:31 Reformulation of nasal type …
August 11, 2017 – Screening or Not?
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Anchor lead: Who should really be screened for a host of common cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a woman, should you have screening mammography? If you’re a man, how about screening for prostate cancer? Increasingly, people are told, especially …
August 10, 2017 – Inflammation
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Anchor lead: Is inflammation the culprit when it comes to heart attacks? Elizabeth Tracey reports Reducing inflammation after someone has a heart attack may reduce their risk for having a second, with a new drug for a particular target possibly …
August 9, 2017 – CANTOS
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Anchor lead: Can reducing inflammation help heart attack survivors? Elizabeth Tracey reports Reducing inflammation after someone has a heart attack has been attempted for some time using various medications. Now a new one targeting another pathway may prove helpful, according …
August 8, 2017 – E-cig Benefits?
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Anchor lead: Do e-cigarettes lead to attempts to quit cigarettes altogether? Elizabeth Tracey reports Smoking cessation rates in the US have increased, federal data reported recently show, with some attributing the switch to e-cigarettes as a major contributing factor. Yet …