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In this next podcast, Elizabeth Scala and Maddie Whalen discuss a topic that’s specific to Evidence-Based Practice projects which is the difference between a background question and a foreground question. Maddie discusses a project that she helped staff with and …

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Remote monitoring helps people undergoing treatment for cancer cope better with emerging symptoms, a new study concludes. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this strategy may be even more important as new cancer treatments …

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People who used a remote monitoring tool to report daily symptoms as they underwent cancer treatment did better with regard to managing their treatment than those who did not, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …

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People who are 75 and older and otherwise healthy reap benefits from continuing colorectal cancer screening, a new study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says that with new fecal screening tests, such a …

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Colorectal cancer screening is recommended to begin at age 45, but at what age should it end? A new study finds that even in many over the age of 75, screening can still be beneficial. William Nelson, director of the …

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Rates of diabetes are increasing, recent data indicate, and factors related to the pandemic seem likely to be related. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, describes some of them. Kalyani: As we see less face to face interaction …

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The number of people who have diabetes continues to increase but controlling it, along with other common health conditions that can make things worse, has stagnated, a recent study concludes. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, describes the …

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