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Anchor lead: Do we really know how much physical activity is best? Elizabeth Tracey reports All of your physical activity during the day counts when you calculate METs, or metabolic equivalent tasks, simply defined as a comparison to how much …
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This week’s topics include the impact of exercise on chronic medical conditions, more ICU care and outcomes, m-health and diabetes, and insurance status and cancer outcomes. 0:36 Diabetes and m-health 1:38 Text messaging improved eating behaviors 2:38 Long term impact? …
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Anchor lead: What medication choices exist for women following breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ten years of aromatase inhibitors, a class of estrogen depleting medications used in women with the most common type of breast cancer, works better than taking …
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Anchor lead: How long should women take hormone treatments after breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Women who’ve had the most common type of breast cancer often take hormone therapy for years to prevent recurrence, but how long should that go …
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Anchor lead: Can a high blood pressure medicine work for hot flashes? Elizabeth Tracey reports High blood pressure and more severe hot flashes may be related, a recent study found. Wen Shen, a menopause medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
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Anchor lead: New data on hot flashes point to a greater duration of menopause, Elizabeth Tracey reports Some women with hot flashes during menopause experience 7 or more per day, with profuse sweating, sleep disruption, and profound fatigue. That’s according …
