Category: Health Topics
These podcasts are health related
November 5, 2015 – Marijuana Problems
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Anchor lead: What is happening in the wake of marijuana legalization? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more people are trying marijuana, new federal data indicate, with another study demonstrating that there are also more people having problems with its use. …
November 4, 2015 – Watch Benefit
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Anchor lead: Apple’s leap into health care may help people with epilepsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Can using an Apple watch to monitor epileptic seizures help people with the condition manage them better? That’s the hope of Nathan Crone, one principal …
November 3, 2015 – EpiWatch
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Anchor lead: The Apple watch may help people with epilepsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Apple watch is more than a status symbol, a new study underway at Johns Hopkins proves. It is a critical tool underpinning efforts to understand seizures …
November 2, 2015 – Avoiding Schizophrenia
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Anchor lead: Can a comprehensive approach to treatment stave off development of schizophrenia? Elizabeth Tracey reports An episode of psychosis that often is quite prolonged may be the first symptom that schizophrenia is in the offing, and if that episode …
PodMed – Week of November 2, 2015
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This week’s topics include diabetes and mortality, red meat and death, flavored tobacco, and mortality trends in the US. Program notes: 0:39 Processed meats and cancer risk 1:31 No randomized controlled trials 2:31 Carbon footprint with meat production? 3:36 Mortality …
PodMed – Week of October 26, 2015
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This week’s topics include comprehensive intervention in first episode psychosis, nicotinamide and skin cancer, total knee replacements, and common cardiovascular medicines and their worldwide use. Program notes: 0:39 Multipronged approach to first episode psychosis 1:38 Two year outcomes 2:37 Cost …