Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
November 26, 2015 – Brain Tumor Monitoring
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Anchor lead: Can new techniques allow better monitoring of brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports All cells shed DNA into blood and bodily fluids when they break open, a fact that’s being exploited in discerning whether cancers have returned or metastasized. …
November 25, 2015 – BP Goals
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Anchor lead: Just how aggressively should you manage your blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure managed to a target of 120 millimeters of mercury for the top number, also known as the systolic blood pressure, reduced deaths by about …
November 24, 2015 – Infection Risk
November 23, 2015 – Child TB
PodMed – Week of November 23, 2015
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This week’s topics include health impact of coffee, measuring body temperature, germ line mutations and cancer in kids, and a treatment for respiratory syncytial virus. Program notes: 0:35 Coffee and health 1:31 Decrease in cardiovascular mortality 2:36 Way to measure …
November 20, 2015 – Heroin Use
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Anchor lead: At least part of the increase in deaths among middle-aged Caucasians is the result of heroin use, Elizabeth Tracey reports Heroin use, sometimes along with inappropriate use of prescription opiate medications, is one factor behind the recently reported …