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Anchor lead: There’s now evidence of how the Zika virus may produce microcephaly, Elizabeth Tracey reports Using human stem cells that have been teased into becoming early brain cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins and two other institutions have found a …
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Anchor lead: A newly identified sexually transmitted infection is making the rounds, Elizabeth Tracey reports Mycoplasma genitalium is the name of a recently identified organism that is sexually transmitted and may be an important cause of infertility. Maria Trent, an …
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Anchor lead: Do mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improve healthcare? Elizabeth Tracey reports The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, abbreviated CMS, claim that innovations the federal agency instituted saved almost 90,000 lives and billions of …
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This week’s topics include Guillain-Barre and Zika infection, inducing older first time moms, long term survival from childhood cancers, and screening for visual acuity in older adults. Program notes: 0:31 Guillain-Barre syndrome and Zika 1:31 Compared with historical infection 2:31 …
