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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 …
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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 …
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Anchor lead: Should lawmakers be persuaded by so-called reduced risk tobacco products? Elizabeth Tracey reports Are smokeless tobacco products okay to use? The FDA is grappling with this issue as tobacco product manufacturers ask for a designation called ‘modified risk’ …
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This week’s topics include antibody depletion for kidney transplantation, a way to reverse dabigatran, the costs of board certification, and opioid use in the US population. Program notes: 0:43 Fees for medical specialty board 1:45 Over $3000 2:46 Kidney transplantation …
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Anchor lead: How can recommendations from the Institute of Medicine help stem the tide of opioid overdose? Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as debate over repealing many aspects of the Affordable Care Act continues in DC, the Institute of Medicine and …
