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Anchor lead: The federal government is now behind battling antibiotic resistant infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotic resistant organisms are big business, costing taxpayers millions in healthcare costs and accounting for many deaths annually.  Now the federal government has stepped in …

October 6, 2014 – Battling Bugs Read more »

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This week’s topics include the effect of education on prenatal testing, Ebola estimates, varicose vein therapy, and PET scanning to diagnose lung cancer. Program notes: 0:40 Ebola update 1:40 Numbers of cases doubling every 20-30 days 2:40 Body prepared by …

PodMed – Week of September 29, 2014 Read more »

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Anchor lead:  Will the rising tide of diabetes worldwide sweep away gains made in tuberculosis control? Elizabeth Tracey reports Multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis  are already worldwide concerns. Enter now the worldwide epidemic of diabetes, which a recent …

September 30, 2014 – Epidemic TB and Diabetes Read more »

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Anchor lead:Diabetes complicates tuberculosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Diabetes and tuberculosis, two worldwide health problems of epidemic proportion, work in synchrony to make things even worse.  That’s according to a recent Lancet series.  Jonathan Golub, a tuberculosis and diabetes expert at …

September 29, 2014 – Diabetes and TB Read more »