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This week’s topics include depression screening, colorectal cancer screening by mail, nicotine patches by mail, and malpractice claims. Program notes: 0:38 Colorectal screening by mail 1:35 FIT cards mailed 2:37 Less invasive for initial screen 3:17 Mailing nicotine patches 4:18 …

PodMed – Week of February 1, 2016 Read more »

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Anchor lead: Advertising clearly gets kids to use e-cigarettes, Elizabeth Tracey reports The majority of kids and adolescents surveyed recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported seeing advertisements for e-cigarettes, and that fact, coupled with the rising …

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Anchor lead:  Advertising and marketing do impact the number of young people using e-cigarettes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Children and adolescents are being exposed to a lot of e-cigarette advertising, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, and that’s not …

February 4, 2016 – Advertising and e-cigs Read more »

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Anchor lead: The FDA should regulate supplements, Elizabeth Tracey reports Kratom is an herbal supplement that’s drawing notes of warning as more people are attempting to use it to treat heroin addiction, and finding that side effects and perhaps even …

February 2, 2016 – Supplements and FDA Read more »