Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Can a three drug combination treat sepsis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis, where an infection spreads throughout the bloodstream, is the third leading cause of death. Now two new studies are examining whether a combination of vitamin C, a …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Can a physician see anyone via telemedicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has just released a proposed funding change that would help expand physician services delivered by telemedicine. Advocates hail this as a …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Remote visits to doctors may soon be coming to you, Elizabeth Tracey reports Telemedicine may soon get a big boost with proposed funding changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Redonda Miller, president of the Johns …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Can nurses help surrogate decision makers for people in the intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who are making medical decisions for loved ones in the intensive care unit are called surrogates, and their task can be …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: New recommendations have been released regarding colorectal cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve reached the age of 45, it’s time to schedule your first screening for colorectal cancer. And you can choose which screening test to use. …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: A genetic assay can help many with early breast cancer avoid chemotherapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports A widely available 21-gene assay can help women with so-called intermediate risk breast cancer avoid chemotherapy and simply stick to endocrine therapy, a …
