Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
April 19, 2017 – Functional Improvement
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Anchor lead: Can occupational therapy help improve visual function? Elizabeth Tracey reports Occupational therapy for people with low vision delivered at home, and directed specifically toward helping them with tasks they identified as both meaningful and challenging, helped avoid depression, …
April 18, 2017 – Low Vision and OT
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Anchor lead: Can occupational therapy help people with compromised vision avoid depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression is common in people with vision loss, especially as it comprises their ability to function. Now research by Ashley Deemer and colleagues at Johns …
April 17, 2017 – Modification
PodMed – Week of April 17, 2017http://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/04/14/podmed-week-of-april-17-2017/
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This week’s topics include deaths relative to diabetes, increases in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US youth, the benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain, and draft recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening. Program notes: 0:40 Prostate …
April 13, 2017 – OTC and Teens
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Anchor lead: Should teenagers be able to access over the counter oral contraceptives? Elizabeth Tracey reports Teenagers should be able to access over the counter oral contraceptives, based on the scientific literature relative to safety and efficacy, a Johns Hopkins …
April 12, 2017 – Who Responds
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Anchor lead: Why do some men with prostate cancer respond to high testosterone? Elizabeth Tracey reports Injections of high amounts of the male hormone testosterone are able to slow down prostate cancer in some men with advanced disease, ongoing research …