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Anchor lead: Primary care physicians must help identify and manage mental health problems, Elizabeth Tracey reports Mental health problems are a big problem that just keeps getting bigger, large studies demonstrate.  Constantine Lyketsos, chair of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Bayview, …

December 5, 2014 – Primary Care and Mental Health Read more »

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Anchor lead:  Can a program to help caregivers reduce the stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mind at Home is a program developed by Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, …

December 4, 2014 – Helping Caregivers Read more »

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Anchor lead:  Do we finally have a laboratory model for Alzheimer’s disease that is practical? Elizabeth Tracey reports Researchers have succeeded in developing a human model for Alzheimer’s disease by growing layers of nerve cells in a dish and having …

December 3, 2014 – : Neuron Model Read more »

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Anchor lead: There are a few things you should keep in mind if you’re shopping for health insurance, Elizabeth Tracey reports You’ve just gotten the unwelcome news that your employer will no longer provide group health insurance. The health insurance …

December 1, 2014 – Insurance Marketplace Read more »

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This week’s topics include manual versus mechanical CPR, duration of dual therapy after stent placement, sudden cardiac death among policemen, and HDL efflux versus level. Program notes: 0:54 Mechanical versus manual CPR 1:52 Mechanical in an ambulance better? 2:50 Expensive …

PodMed – Week of November 24, 2014 Read more »