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Anchor lead: Tobacco use among youth is increasing according to federal data, Elizabeth Tracey reports Smoking is a habit that has declined in popularity over the last couple of decades, largely due to public health efforts to bring awareness to …
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Anchor lead: More middle and high schoolers are using tobacco products, Elizabeth Tracey reports Data from the national youth tobacco survey was released recently, and the results were sobering at best. Enid Neptune, a lung expert at Johns Hopkins, describes …
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Anchor lead: 3D printing holds promise for providing prosthetic hands worldwide, Elizabeth Tracey reports 3D printers are being used by Albert Chi, an orthopedic and trauma surgeon at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues to make hands for children who lack them. …
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Anchor lead: Can 3D printing supply inexpensive prostheses? Elizabeth Tracey reports 3D printing is being utilized for applications ranging from car parts to body parts. Such is the utility underway with the direction of Albert Chi, an orthopedic and trauma …
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This week’s topics include telomeres and the Mediterranean diet, as needed or continuous asthma medications, CDC circumcision guidelines, and safe sleeping for babies. Program notes: 0:50 Telomeres and the Mediterranean diet 1:45 Correlation and aging? 2:45 Other diets didn’t do …
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during Deember, 2014. Program notes: 0:27 Lasker Prize award 1:27 BRCA 1 and 2 mutations 2:28 Additional factors that influence 3:27 Analysis of mutations in prostate cancer 4:30 Step …
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Anchor lead: Can a new technique help answer the question of how repeated sports-related head injury impacts the brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports The NFL and other sports organizations have a vested interest in determining the consequences of head injury experienced …
