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Anchor lead:  Can a new treatment using stem cells help in multiple sclerosis? Elizabeth Tracey reports A new therapy using chemotherapy and stem cells appears to help people with multiple sclerosis, a recent study reported.  Peter Calabresi, a multiple sclerosis …

February 6, 2015 – MS Treatment Read more »

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Anchor lead:  There really are differences in breast cancer diagnosis and course depending on ethnicity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Women of different ethnicities are first diagnosed at different stages of breast cancer, and even when they all have stage one, more …

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Anchor lead: Some e-cigarettes produce a known carcinogen, Elizabeth Tracey reports e-cigarettes that produce high-temperature vapor may also be producing formaldehyde, a recent study reported.  William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, explains the data. Nelson: …

February 4, 2015 – Formaldehyde and e-cigarettes Read more »

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This week's topics include chlorhexidine baths in the ICU, dangers of too much sitting, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and stem cell therapy for MS Program notes: 0:40 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection 1:36 Outcomes no better 2:32 Bathing patients with chlorhexidine in the …

PodMed – Week of January 26, 2015 Read more »