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Anchor lead: Should you take a vitamin D supplement? Elizabeth Tracey reports Are you getting enough vitamin D or should you take a supplement? That question is even more important in light of research by cardiologist Erin Michos and colleagues …
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This week’s topics include use of vitamins and supplements, detecting atrial fibrillation, calcium supplements and heart disease, and use of ventilators in people with advanced dementia. Program notes: 0:35 Vitamins and supplements use 1:35 People continue to do so 2:35 …
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This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid supplements and neural tube defects 1:38 Significant drop with fortification 2:36 Maybe found …
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This week’s topics include comprehensive intervention in first episode psychosis, nicotinamide and skin cancer, total knee replacements, and common cardiovascular medicines and their worldwide use. Program notes: 0:39 Multipronged approach to first episode psychosis 1:38 Two year outcomes 2:37 Cost …
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Anchor lead: Who should really take a calcium supplement? Elizabeth Tracey reports Calcium supplements are very popular, with a recent survey finding one in three or one in two women taking them. Yet two studies in the British Medical Journal …
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This week’s topics include calcium supplements, chemotherapy during pregnancy, cardiometabolic impact of obesity in children, and a low nicotine cigarette. Program notes: 0:31 Low nicotine cigarette 1:32 Attempted to prove that nicotine addicts 2:30 FDA should regulate nicotine level 3:26 …
