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How can care be coordinated for people with substance use disorder? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Substance use, mental health problems, and physical ailments are currently treated separately, but need to be integrated. That’s according to Eric Strain, a substance use disorder expert at Johns Hopkins. Strain: You’ve got these complicated patients and we’ve got patients …
Fragmented health care may be a big reason why treatment for substance abuse doesn’t work, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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If you’re receiving treatment for a substance use disorder, it’s likely that your other medical issues are being addressed elsewhere, including mental health issues. With a recent study showing that 40% of the time mental health issues and substance abuse …
Why is today’s convalescent plasma better than early on in the pandemic? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Convalescent plasma, which is donated by someone who’s had Covid-19 and survived, is a much more reliable treatment for infection today than it was early in the pandemic. Arturo Casadevall, a convalescent plasma expert at Johns Hopkins, explains why. Casadevall: …
Whatever happened to convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Early on in the pandemic plasma collected from people who’d had Covid-19 and survived, so called convalescent plasma, was used to treat others, with mixed success. Now that new variants have emerged that can escape antibodies stimulated by vaccines and …
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Can apps improve outcomes for people with heart disease and other chronic diseases? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Apps to help people manage health conditions are getting more and more sophisticated, with some studies showing they reduce hospitalizations and slow down disease progression. Cardiologist Seth Martin at Johns Hopkins and developer of one such app says use of …
Can so called ‘remnant cholesterol’ help you reduce your heart disease risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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We know that reducing LDL cholesterol, often by using a statin, helps reduce someone’s heart disease risk. Now that so-called ‘remnant cholesterol’ is being added to the calculations, what can be done about it? Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth Martin says, …