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Anchor lead:  Can another approach avoid use of antipsychotic medicines in people with Alzheimer’s? Elizabeth Tracey reports The acronym DICE describes a new approach developed by Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, to assist clinicians …

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Anchor lead:  Recent federal data reveal that use of a class of medications to control behavior in people with Alzheimer’s disease just keeps going up, Elizabeth Tracey reports Atypical antipsychotics are a class of medications sometimes used to keep behavior …

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This week's topics include the impact of cleaner air on lung development, dangers of testosterone, drugs for coping with shift work, and anti anxiety meds before surgery. Program notes: 0:34 Testosterone dangers 1:32 Observational studies suggest risk 2:31 Strict criteria …

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