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This week’s topics include at home sleep studies, an antibody for C.difficile infection, using big data to examine medical devices, and language concordance and type 2 diabetes control. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of C. difficile 1:35 Antitoxin antibody 2:32 Phase …
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Anchor lead: How can we stem the tide of opioid addiction? Elizabeth Tracey reports Prescription opioid drugs are useful and humane for those in extreme pain, but they are associated with predictable dependency and withdrawal issues, so physicians who prescribe …
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Anchor lead: What can one bioethicist’s experience teach us about the opioid crisis? Elizabeth Tracey reports A personal experience with being prescribed a plethora of opioid medications in the wake of several surgeries related to an accident has led Travis …
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Anchor lead: Cannabis poses a particular risk for children, Elizabeth Tracey reports The National Academy of Sciences has just exhaustively reviewed the scientific literature related to marijuana, or cannabis use, and concluded that in states where the drug is legal, …
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Anchor lead: Can Meals on Wheels improve health outcomes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Meals on Wheels is a national organization that brings two meals a day to home bound people, mostly seniors. Now Dan Hale, assistant professor of geriatrics at Johns …
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Anchor lead: How can bacteria in the mouth and rheumatoid arthritis be related? Elizabeth Tracey reports Looking at someone’s genes may one day help determine whether they are at risk to develop rheumatoid arthritis, research by Felipe Andrade and colleagues …
