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Anchor lead: Will federal guidelines for opioid prescription help? Elizabeth Tracey reports The CDC has developed a draft document for docs who prescribe opioid drugs, with an eye toward reducing the staggering number of deaths related to their use. Eric …
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Anchor lead: How does the burden of cancer differ around the world? Elizabeth Tracey reports Domestically, cancer is largely becoming a chronic disease, one people live with for many years. Now the Institute of Medicine has looked at cancer patterns …
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This week’s topics include genetic risk of cancer, influencing kids’ food choices, the true value of cancer screening, and probiotics and type 1 diabetes. Program notes: 0:44 Number of cases of cancer due to inheritance 1:45 Follow huge population of …
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This week’s topics include low value screening tests, planned at home births, brain death, and opioid prescription after overdose. Program notes: 0:38 Brain death nationally 1:40 Every hospital that would declare brain death 2:39 Family advocates 3:01 Women who deliver …
