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Anchor lead: Testosterone use shoots up when consumers are exposed to advertisements for it, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you watch television at all you know that pharmaceutical companies advertise drugs regularly directly to consumers. Now a new analysis shows what …
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Anchor lead: Do supplements really help your health or is it your belief they will? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ginseng supplements, which have been shown to help fatigue in people with cancer, really didn’t show any benefit relative to placebo in …
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Anchor lead: Does the supplement ginseng help fatigue? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with HIV, even when the virus is under control, often experience fatigue. Now a new study by Adriana Andrade at Johns Hopkins and colleagues has examined whether ginseng …
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This week’s topics include a single novel prosthesis report, the benefits of knee replacement, resorbable stents, and health policy on opioid prescription and treatment for addiction. Program notes: 0:32 Stents that are bioresorbable 1:32 Typical metallic stent versus bioabsorbable 2:29 …
