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Anchor lead: Can controlling high blood pressure reduce diabetes risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Certain types of blood pressure medicines taken at night seem to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, a recent study found. Gregory Prokopowicz, a high blood pressure …
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Anchor lead: Is there a relationship between overweight and certain brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports Over a third of all brain tumors actually develop from the tissue covering of the brain and are called meningiomas. Now a new study implicates …
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during September 2015. Program Notes: 0:11 Treatment of advanced prostate cancer 1:12 Improved overall survival 2:11 Real flurry of new agents 2:27 Active surveillance 3:27 More threatened by other …
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This week’s topics include calcium supplements, chemotherapy during pregnancy, cardiometabolic impact of obesity in children, and a low nicotine cigarette. Program notes: 0:31 Low nicotine cigarette 1:32 Attempted to prove that nicotine addicts 2:30 FDA should regulate nicotine level 3:26 …
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Anchor lead: Could variations in a common test identify early dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oral glucose tolerance tests are commonly used during pregnancy and to test for diabetes. Now research led by Esther Oh, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, …
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