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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses early detection of prostate cancer and the outcomes, possible issues that may arise with radiation therapy and your bowels, and using cord blood to treat leukemia patients in this month's podcast. Program …
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Anchor lead: The Surgeon General has issued a report on substance abuse, Elizabeth Tracey reports Use of opioids is just one of the issues in the recently released Surgeon General’s report on addiction, which also covers multiple other drugs, including …
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Anchor lead: Is there a statin in your future? Elizabeth Tracey reports The USPSTF, the federal task force charged with reviewing scientific data and making healthcare recommendations based on available evidence, has issued new guidelines for the use of statins. …
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Anchor lead: How do some types of pain relievers effect your heart? Elizabeth Tracey reports A study presented at the recent American Heart Association meeting comparing the pain relievers celecoxib or Celebrex, naproxen and ibuprofen for people with chronic arthritis …
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Anchor lead: Outcomes are better when nurses are more educated, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hospitals staffed with more nurse assistants relative to those with more registered nurses see many more adverse outcomes for patients, a recent study in the British Medical …
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This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device …
