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Anchor lead: A multipronged approach seems to help an electronic intervention for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports mActive is the name of a text-based intervention developed at Johns Hopkins to assist people with cardiovascular disease make lifestyle choices to improve …
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Anchor lead: Can electronic intervention help heart disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mobile health interventions are a burgeoning field, with apps and smart phones utilized to assist people in progressing toward their goals, but so far, most have produced disappointing results. …
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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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Anchor lead: Can new techniques allow better monitoring of brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports All cells shed DNA into blood and bodily fluids when they break open, a fact that’s being exploited in discerning whether cancers have returned or metastasized. …
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Anchor lead: Just how aggressively should you manage your blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure managed to a target of 120 millimeters of mercury for the top number, also known as the systolic blood pressure, reduced deaths by about …
