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This week’s topics include safety of kidney donation, off-label use of prescription drugs, death in middle age, and spending and malpractice. Program notes: 0:34 Death in middle aged people 1:35 In contrast to everywhere else in the world 2:35 Opiates? …

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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during October 2015. Program notes: 0:22 Low nicotine cigarette impact 1:25 Smoked less 2:27 Strategy to make less attractive 2:45 Cancer in elephants 3:45 Studies of lymphocytes too 4:30 …

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Anchor lead:  What is happening in the wake of marijuana legalization? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more people are trying marijuana, new federal data indicate, with another study demonstrating that there are also more people having problems with its use.  …

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Anchor lead:  Apple’s leap into health care may help people with epilepsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Can using an Apple watch to monitor epileptic seizures help people with the condition manage them better?  That’s the hope of Nathan Crone, one principal …

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Anchor lead: Can a comprehensive approach to treatment stave off development of schizophrenia? Elizabeth Tracey reports An episode of psychosis that often is quite prolonged may be the first symptom that schizophrenia is in the offing, and if that episode …

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