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This week’s topics include genetics and asthma, obesity and diabetes among identical twins, a Zika update, and remote monitoring of patients. Program notes: 0:30 Zika and contraception use 1:34 In places with Zika risk are women using contraception 2:28 Some …
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Anchor lead: You can ask for a palliative care consultation yourself, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people with troubling and sometimes disabling symptoms of chronic health conditions aren’t offered palliative care, a medical specialty devoted to helping people live best with …
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Anchor lead: How often are palliative care services used for people with different conditions? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have cancer are offered palliative care, a type of medical care designed to help manage symptoms as well as possible, the …
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Anchor lead: How much euthanasia and physician assisted suicide takes place around the world? Elizabeth Tracey reports How often do people choose euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in places where it is legal? That was the subject of a recent …
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Anchor lead: How much of the military’s advances can be applied to civilian medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost all of trauma medicine relies on interventions developed on the battlefield, with a recently reported study identifying a number of strategies that …
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This week’s topics include euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, a new model for breast cancer trials, biomarkers, and S.aureus in families. Program notes: 0:31 A new approach to breast cancer studies 1:31 Stage 2 or 3 breast cancer 2:29 Looking …
