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This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment. Program notes: 0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine? 1:31 Reformulation of nasal type …
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Anchor lead: Who should really be screened for a host of common cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a woman, should you have screening mammography? If you’re a man, how about screening for prostate cancer? Increasingly, people are told, especially …
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Anchor lead: Is inflammation the culprit when it comes to heart attacks? Elizabeth Tracey reports Reducing inflammation after someone has a heart attack may reduce their risk for having a second, with a new drug for a particular target possibly …
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Anchor lead: Can reducing inflammation help heart attack survivors? Elizabeth Tracey reports Reducing inflammation after someone has a heart attack has been attempted for some time using various medications. Now a new one targeting another pathway may prove helpful, according …
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Anchor lead: Do e-cigarettes lead to attempts to quit cigarettes altogether? Elizabeth Tracey reports Smoking cessation rates in the US have increased, federal data reported recently show, with some attributing the switch to e-cigarettes as a major contributing factor. Yet …
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Anchor lead: Should lawmakers be persuaded by so-called reduced risk tobacco products? Elizabeth Tracey reports Are smokeless tobacco products okay to use? The FDA is grappling with this issue as tobacco product manufacturers ask for a designation called ‘modified risk’ …
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This week’s topics include antibody depletion for kidney transplantation, a way to reverse dabigatran, the costs of board certification, and opioid use in the US population. Program notes: 0:43 Fees for medical specialty board 1:45 Over $3000 2:46 Kidney transplantation …
