November 2016 Pulse
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Dean Rothmans explains that patient care is the most important reason for scientific results to be reproducible. Program notes: 0:10 Reproducibility of research results 1:11 Outright fraud uncommon 2:12 Each requires a different tack to solve 3:14 Make sure the …
November 11, 2016 – Routine Mammography
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Anchor lead: Controversy swirls around mammography risks and benefits, Elizabeth Tracey reports More small breast tumors are being diagnosed now but not a proportional reduction in the number of large ones, a recent study found, pointing to the potential for …
November 10, 2016 – Breast Cancer Tool
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Anchor lead: A new tool can help physicians better manage breast cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new online tool developed by Antonio Wolff, a breast cancer expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues should help doctors managing women with breast cancer …
November 9, 2016 – Precision Medicine Forethought
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Anchor lead: What are some of the ethical issues surrounding precision medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Precision medicine holds a lot of promise, allowing someone’s own genetic makeup to be utilized in determining what diseases they might develop, and what treatments …
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