January 26, 2017 – Expanding Meals on Wheels
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Anchor lead: Can Meals on Wheels improve health outcomes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Meals on Wheels is a national organization that brings two meals a day to home bound people, mostly seniors. Now Dan Hale, assistant professor of geriatrics at Johns …
January 25, 2017 – Mouth Hygiene and RA
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Anchor lead: How can bacteria in the mouth and rheumatoid arthritis be related? Elizabeth Tracey reports Looking at someone’s genes may one day help determine whether they are at risk to develop rheumatoid arthritis, research by Felipe Andrade and colleagues …
January 24, 2017 – RA and Gum Disease
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Anchor lead: Bacteria in the mouth may contribute to the development of rheumatoid arthritis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Bacteria that reside in your mouth, known as oral flora, have been known for some time to be involved in various diseases and …
January 23, 2017 – CMV Susceptibility
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Anchor lead: How do genes and proteins influence whether someone gets a common viral infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nod1 is the name of a protein that when altered, may increase susceptibility to infection with cytomegalovirus, abbreviated CMV. That’s according to …
PodMed – Week of January 23, 2017
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This week’s topics include coronary calcium scans and hypertension, a look at tonsillectomy, asthma in adults, and diabetes in China. Program notes: 0:32 High blood pressure and calcium scores 1:32 Traditional risk factors plus scan 2:26 Asthma in adults 3:28 …
PodMed – Week of January 16, 2017
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This week’s topics include alcohol abuse and CVD, gun violence in adolescents, social networks and gun violence, and weekend warriors. Program notes: 0:34 Weekend warriors 1:34 Compared to sedentary, they did have a reduction in mortality 2:32 For those who …