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This week’s topics include treatment of Chagas’ disease, do tired surgeons make more mistakes, sleep and common colds, and management of chronic sinusitis. Program notes: 1:17 Management of Chagas’ disease 2:17 Prospectively treated over 2800 patients 3:15 Prevention needed 3:37 …
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This week’s topics include screening for COPD, a new drug for hyposexuality in women, a combination medicine for CHF, and light to moderate alcohol consumption and cancer. Program notes: 0:42 Flibanserin 1:42 Unrelated to psychiatric conditions 2:42 Small number of …
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Anchor lead: Can a drug developed to treat osteoporosis prevent breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports A class of drugs known as bisphosphonates, originally developed to treat osteoporosis, is increasingly being reported as a way to prevent the spread of breast …
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Anchor lead: The CDC has reported disturbing statistics on just how widespread chronic pain is, Elizabeth Tracey reports One in ten people is in significant, constant pain daily, the CDC has reported recently, while the majority of adults report some …
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Anchor lead: An effective and safe vaccine for Ebola is here, Elizabeth Tracey reports A vaccine with 100% effectiveness in preventing Ebola virus infection has been reported in the Lancet. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of …
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This week’s topics include the impact of military parents on kids, a fat cell gene, liraglutide for obesity in type 2 diabetes, and e-cigarettes and smoking uptake in teenagers. Program notes: 0:34 e-cigarettes and smoking in teens 1:42 Many more …
