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Anchor lead: Too much sugar is bad for your heart, Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s no surprise that dietary sugar consumption is related to overweight and obesity, and the development of diabetes. But Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says …
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Anchor lead: A multipronged approach seems to help an electronic intervention for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports mActive is the name of a text-based intervention developed at Johns Hopkins to assist people with cardiovascular disease make lifestyle choices to improve …
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Anchor lead: Can electronic intervention help heart disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mobile health interventions are a burgeoning field, with apps and smart phones utilized to assist people in progressing toward their goals, but so far, most have produced disappointing results. …
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This week’s topics include early testing for amyloid, improving colorectal cancer screening, generic medications, and folic acid supplementation and neural tube defects. Program notes: 0:34 Folic acid supplements and neural tube defects 1:38 Significant drop with fortification 2:36 Maybe found …
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Anchor lead: Can new techniques allow better monitoring of brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports All cells shed DNA into blood and bodily fluids when they break open, a fact that’s being exploited in discerning whether cancers have returned or metastasized. …
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Anchor lead: Just how aggressively should you manage your blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure managed to a target of 120 millimeters of mercury for the top number, also known as the systolic blood pressure, reduced deaths by about …
