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This week’s topics include teenage BMI and cardiovascular mortality, income and death, five star ratings for hospitals, and daily aspirin use. Program notes: 0:38 Hospital ratings and outcomes 1:35 About a fifth received two stars or one star 2:36 Socioeconomic …
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Anchor lead: Good news on the childhood cancer front, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who’ve had cancer as children are surviving longer and having fewer new cancers develop as well as fewer complications of treatment, a recent very large study in …
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Anchor lead: How does use of high tech devices complicate the experience of death? Elizabeth Tracey reports LVAD is shorthand for left ventricular assist device, a technology that keeps the heart beating even at the last stages of heart failure. …
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Anchor lead: Use of prescription medications and over the counter drugs and supplements continues to rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more Americans are turning to both prescriptions remedies as well as over the counter drugs and supplements in pursuit …
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This week’s topics include statins for those at intermediate risk for heart disease, fresh fruit consumption in China, atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery, and screening for COPD Program notes: 0:36 Fresh fruit consumption in China 1:35 Reduction in blood pressure …
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Anchor lead: People who receive palliative care at home live longer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Palliative care, which is intended to alleviate symptoms of disease and improve quality of life at every stage of illness, helped people who were dying at …
