Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

January 8, 2018 – Diabetes Management

Posted on January 5, 2018 Posted in All Podcasts, Diabetes, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: New guidelines have been released for the management of diabetes, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have diabetes you will likely be hearing about new guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns …

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December 29, 2017 – PD1

Posted on December 21, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: A new class of cancer drugs is associated with some untoward side effects, Elizabeth Tracey reports PD1 inhibitors are a new class of cancer drugs that have produced some very dramatic turnarounds of the disease in people with …

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December 28, 2017 – Man Flu

Posted on December 21, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases, Influenza (flu)

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Anchor lead: Do men really have a worse time of it when they get the flu than women? Elizabeth Tracey reports We’ve all seen the caricatures. A man with the flu seriously acts as if he’s about to die, while …

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December 27, 2017 – Knowing the Data

Posted on December 21, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Research

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Anchor lead: Should life expectancy be part of a real estate data? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should life expectancy information be part of a comprehensive look at real estate reports? Yes, if you believe data reported recently in a study by …

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December 26, 2017 – Longer Lives and Houses

Posted on December 21, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Research

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Anchor lead: How does real estate affect life expectancy and property values? Elizabeth Tracey reports Making housing better, communities safer, and providing things like green spaces have an impact on life expectancy for residents, and also improve property values, demonstrating …

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December 25, 2017 – Bedford Falls

Posted on December 21, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Research

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Anchor lead: What can a public health approach teach us about Bedford Falls? Elizabeth Tracey reports Are you a devotee of “It’s a Wonderful Life?” If so you know that the forces of good and evil are at war there …

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December 22, 2017 – CVS and Aetna

Posted on December 14, 2017 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Patient Care

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Anchor lead: Do big drug stores and health insurers belong together? Elizabeth Tracey reports Is the recently announced purchase of health insurer Aetna by CVS pharmacies likely to help or hurt consumers? Some pundits argue that access to basic health …

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