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Anchor lead: How do genes and proteins influence whether someone gets a common viral infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nod1 is the name of a protein that when altered, may increase susceptibility to infection with cytomegalovirus, abbreviated CMV. That’s according to …
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This week’s topics include coronary calcium scans and hypertension, a look at tonsillectomy, asthma in adults, and diabetes in China. Program notes: 0:32 High blood pressure and calcium scores 1:32 Traditional risk factors plus scan 2:26 Asthma in adults 3:28 …
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This week’s topics include alcohol abuse and CVD, gun violence in adolescents, social networks and gun violence, and weekend warriors. Program notes: 0:34 Weekend warriors 1:34 Compared to sedentary, they did have a reduction in mortality 2:32 For those who …
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This week’s topics include managing earwax, metformin and other diseases, atypical antipsychotics in palliative care, and firearm purchase without a background check. Program notes: 0:51 Managing ear wax 1:51 Industry relative to removal 2:53 Putting cotton swabs not good 3:31 …
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Anchor lead: A new treatment offers hope for people with non-small cell lung cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new type of therapy for people with non-small lung cancer, which has historically been very hard to treat, has shown quite promising …
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Anchor lead: Some tumors evade the best defenses, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as cancer treatments are becoming more targeted and specific, some tumors are demonstrating their ability to evade them, a recent case report in the New England Journal of …
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Anchor lead: The FDA is stepping out to regulate many cigarillos, Elizabeth Tracey reports Little cigars, known as cigarillos, are coming under the scrutiny of the FDA, and that’s good news, says Enid Neptune, a lung expert and antismoking advocate …
