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Anchor lead: Should you be concerned about decreased government funding for medical and scientific studies? Elizabeth Tracey reports More industry funded studies are taking place even while numbers of National Institutes of Health studies are declining, a Johns Hopkins study …
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Anchor lead: Which is worse? Interrupted sleep or short sleep? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have their sleep interrupted multiple times versus those who simply sleep fewer hours report worse moods after a couple of days, a Johns Hopkins study …
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Anchor lead: What is needed to interrupt diagnostic errors in medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports The National Institute of Medicine recently released the alarming finding that virtually all Americans will experience an error in diagnosis at some point in their lifetime, …
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Anchor lead: Vision loss related to diabetes can be effectively treated without lasers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ranibizumab is the tongue-twisting name of a drug shown to be effective in halting damage to the retina of the eye due to diabetes, …
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This week’s topics include a new treatment for one form of leukemia, opioid prescription guidelines, dangers of common medications in teenagers with regard to fetal risk, and electrical fields for a type brain tumor. Program notes: 0:32 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia …
