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This week’s topics include Fusobacterium pharyngitis, steroids in pneumonia, electric fans and overheating, and varenicline for smoking cessation in reluctant patients. Program notes: 0:34 Reluctant smokers 1:35 Year long large study 2:32 Vast majority of people did well 3:28 Electric …
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Anchor lead: A new supercomputer is already making headway against an ancient scourge, Elizabeth Tracey reports Eve is the fond name of a supercomputer being used to screen a multitude of potential drugs for common infections, with promising results. Mike …
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Anchor lead: At least two vaccines are being tested against Ebola virus infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports In record time, two vaccines are currently being tested in Africa against Ebola virus infection, and Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg …
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Anchor lead: Why do heart disease risk calculators overestimate risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Heart disease risk calculators attempt to take a group of risk factors and use them to pinpoint an individual’s risk for heart disease, then strategies are employed …
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Anchor lead: Tools to predict heart disease risk vary in their predictive ability based on who’s being assessed, Elizabeth Tracey reports The same heart disease criteria don’t apply evenly to everyone, a recent Johns Hopkins study led by Michael Blaha, …
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Anchor lead: How does a doctor calculate heart disease risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death worldwide. When physicians assess a person’s risk they employ various calculators. Now a Johns Hopkins study led by …
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This week’s topics include a name change for chronic fatigue syndrome, iron supplementation after blood donation, benefits of alcohol consumption, and more death relative to smoking. Program notes: 0:35 Deaths due to smoking 1:35 Adjusted for age, race and other …
