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This week’s topics include the cost of physical inactivity, the mortality impact of sedentary behavior, behavioral activation for depression, and skin inspections for skin cancer. Program notes: 0:32 Mortality and physical inactivity 1:33 If you sit for 8 hours increased …
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Anchor lead: How well does a new vaccine against meningitis work? Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s every parent’s nightmare: a meningitis outbreak where your college student goes to school. Now a new study reports on how well a candidate vaccine …
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Anchor lead: More data is emerging on the impact of Zika, Elizabeth Tracey reports The number of cases of Zika virus infection continue to climb worldwide, and additional aspects of infection are being identified. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns …
Anchor lead: A new study demonstrates how well medicines to keep HIV in check work, Elizabeth Tracey reports If your partner is infected with HIV but you aren’t, standard recommendations say use a condom during sex, but many people …
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Anchor lead: How can we get people who are HIV infected engaged in routine healthcare? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people who are HIV infected don’t follow recommendations for keeping the virus in check and are therefore at risk for infecting …
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses changes to physical exams, the HPV vaccine, new information regarding breast cancers in this month's podcast. Program notes: 0:20 Changes to physical exam? 1:20 An app loaded onto a smartphone 2:21 The …
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This week’s topics include extending therapy in breast cancer, a high fat Mediterranean diet, risks of IVF, and hormone therapy and cognition. Program notes: 0:57 Continuing aromatase inhibitors 1:58 Extending for five more years 2:54 Most women extend 3:10 Does …
