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Anchor lead: How can studying blood vessel formation improve medical care? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood vessels form in a process known as vascularization, and it’s important in maintaining healthy tissues as well as in abnormal conditions like cancer. That’s according …
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This week’s topics include cancer mutations in endometriosis, adverse events with novel agents approved by the FDA, a diet for gout, and the utility of the NHLBI database. Program notes: 0:32 Cancer mutations in endometrial tissue 1:30 Less than 1% …
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Anchor lead: Are mice really any use in medical research? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mice are under fire in the scientific community lately, with detractors pointing out that discoveries made in this animal model rarely make the transition to utility in …
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Anchor lead: A new survey says most docs would choose medicine again, Elizabeth Tracey reports Burnout among medical professionals, especially doctors, is much in the news lately, but now a new survey undertaken by the American Medical Association reveals that …
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Anchor lead: How can salary disparities between physicians be overcome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Recent release of 2016 analysis of physician salaries reveals that gaps remain between men and women doctors, in some cases very large gaps. Janice Clements, Vice Dean …
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Anchor lead: Cancer cells may utilize epigenetic changes even more than normal cells, Elizabeth Tracey reports DNA is modified by actual changes in the sequence, known as mutations, and by so-called epigenetic changes, which use certain chemical groups to turn …
