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Anchor lead: Steroid medications can cause of host of negative side effects, even with a single use, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood clots, fractures, and infections in the blood- those are three of the complications that can arise when someone takes …
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Anchor lead: Could scrutiny of prescription medicines help people take them appropriately? Elizabeth Tracey reports 125,000 people die each year because they haven’t taken their prescribed medications correctly, a recent study asserts. Alicia Arbaje, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: Not taking medicines correctly is a big source of healthcare costs, Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost half of all medicines prescribed for chronic problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure aren’t taken correctly, a recent study found. Alicia …
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This week’s topics include managing preeclampsia, diet soft drinks and stroke, autoimmune conditions and malaria, and fecal immunochemical testing and colorectal cancer. Program notes: 0:36 Malaria, lupus and MS 1:36 B-cell activating factor or BAF 2:34 Sickle cell anemia also …
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Anchor lead: Family history may be key to prescribing healthy interventions, Elizabeth Tracey reports Your family history can help your physician to easily recognize some of your health risks and discuss things to lower your risk, without the need for …
