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This week’s topics include a review of sugar recommendations, preventing readmissions to the hospital, benefits of fish oil in pregnancy, and a look at healthcare spending. Program notes: 0:31 A look at sugar recommendations 1:30 Identified nine guidelines 2:30 All …

PodMed – Week of January 2, 2017 Read more »

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Anchor lead:  Why are e-cigarettes so dangerous for young people? Elizabeth Tracey reports E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among American teenagers, and their use is growing enormously, the US Surgeon General reported recently.  Yet vaping must be …

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Anchor lead:  What are the implications of the recent Surgeon General’s report on e-cigarette use among US youth? Elizabeth Tracey reports Teenagers in the US use e-cigarettes in a practice known as vaping much more often than they smoke traditional …

January 5, 2017 – e-cigs and Surgeon General Read more »