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Anchor lead: How important was the invention of the birth control pill in the twentieth century? Elizabeth Tracey reports “The Birth of the Pill,’ a book chronicling the invention of the oral contraceptive, written by Jonathan Eig, was the subject …
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Anchor lead: Can a book by Maryland delegate Dan Morehaim help inform your end of life choices? Elizabeth Tracey reports Representative Dan Morehaim, an emergency medicine physician and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, strives …
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This week’s topics include persistent banned substances in supplements, knowledge of central venous catheters among physicians, vitamin D levels and different types of milk, and MD versus hospital owned practices and costs. Program notes: 0:44 Vitamin D levels and milk …
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Anchor lead: What can we learn from recent Ebola transmission domestically? Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone has 20/20 hindsight, the saying goes, and while that’s usually true, rigorous examination of recent cases of Ebola virus transmission here in the US is …
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Anchor lead: Why have nurses contracted Ebola in the western world? Elizabeth Tracey reports Two in Texas and one in Spain- how is it that nurses are developing Ebola infection while other members of the Western healthcare teams remain uninfected? …
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This week’s topics include fecal transplant capsules, stem cells for macular degeneration, exercise and depression in teens, and Ebola predictions. Program notes: 0:59 Ebola update from WHO 1:50 Case fatality of 70% 2:48 Domestic concerns 3:50 Public health message re:Ebola …
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Anchor lead: There are strategies to employ to avoid enterovirus infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports Two toddlers have died so far as enterovirus 68 sweeps the US. Even as concerns about Ebola virus escalate domestically, parents especially are concerned about enterovirus …
