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Anchor lead: Does restricting how many hours a medical resident works improve safety? Elizabeth Tracey reports Patient safety was cited some years ago when the federal government stepped in to regulate the number of hours medical residents could work. Now …
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Anchor lead: There’s now proof the HPV vaccine prevents precancerous lesions, Elizabeth Tracey reports HPV vaccination has reduced the rate of HPV infections in young women who have received the vaccine by about 65%, new data from the Centers for …
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Anchor lead: Good news related to the vaccine for HPV, Elizabeth Tracey reports HPV related disease in young women is on the decline among those who’ve received the HPV vaccine, federal data reveal. Maria Trent, an adolescent medicine expert at …
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This month, Kimmel Cancer Center director Bill Nelson discusses Vice President Joe Biden's national Cancer Moonshot, Stand Up 2 Cancer and team science. Program notes: 0:21 The administration says 1:22 Many strategies are bearing fruit 2:22 Make sure we get …
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Anchor lead: Repeated head injury and dementia risk appear linked, Elizabeth Tracey reports Are dementia and repeated head injury, known as TBI, related? Researchers have identified a link between traumatic brain injury and accumulation of proteins also associated with Alzheimer’s …
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Anchor lead: Do conventional imaging studies demonstrate traumatic brain injury? Elizabeth Tracey reports TBI, the acronym for traumatic brain injury, is on the rise, with more and more studies demonstrating a role for the condition in brain inflammation, depression, and …
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Anchor lead: Traumatic brain injury rates continue to rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports Increasing participation in sports is one way to help stem the tide of obesity, but it also accounts for increasing rates of traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Vani …
