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Anchor lead: Many people who’ve had a heart attack don’t need supplemental oxygen, Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone who comes to the hospital with a heart attack is routinely given oxygen, but now that practice has come into question with the …
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Anchor lead: Use of a blood test to screen for an uncommon cancer works well, Elizabeth Tracey reports Screening for a very common virus known as Epstein-Barr has been successful in identifying men with nasopharyngeal cancer, a recent study in …
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Anchor lead: There’s a disturbing rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger people, Elizabeth Tracey reports Americans under the age of fifty are seeing more deaths from colorectal cancer, a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association …
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Anchor lead: Newer cancer therapy trials are having a hard time finding patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports Immunotherapy is the most promising avenue for cancer treatment, with new agents being developed rapidly. But getting enough people to test them on has …
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This week’s topics include the right medications for a subset of people with heart disease, the PURE study, inflammation and heart disease, and the impact of neighborhoods on cardiovascular disease. Program notes: 0:47 PURE study 1:47 Fats and animal protein …
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In this month's podcast, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses screening strategies for all cancers, will active surveillance on some cancer be less expensive in the long run and treatment options for HER2 positive breast cancers. Program notes: …
