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Anchor lead: How do other illnesses affect care of someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports It costs billions of dollars to treat the coexisting illnesses of someone who has Alzheimer’s disease, a recent large study in the UK found, …
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Anchor lead: Will removing the substance known as amyloid slow down Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports The amyloid hypothesis holds that accumulation of amyloid, mostly protein, in the brain, is important in causing Alzheimer’s disease, yet studies so far using …
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This week’s topics include teenage BMI and cardiovascular mortality, income and death, five star ratings for hospitals, and daily aspirin use. Program notes: 0:38 Hospital ratings and outcomes 1:35 About a fifth received two stars or one star 2:36 Socioeconomic …
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Anchor lead: Good news on the childhood cancer front, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who’ve had cancer as children are surviving longer and having fewer new cancers develop as well as fewer complications of treatment, a recent very large study in …
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Anchor lead: How does use of high tech devices complicate the experience of death? Elizabeth Tracey reports LVAD is shorthand for left ventricular assist device, a technology that keeps the heart beating even at the last stages of heart failure. …
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Anchor lead: Use of prescription medications and over the counter drugs and supplements continues to rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more Americans are turning to both prescriptions remedies as well as over the counter drugs and supplements in pursuit …
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Anchor lead: Climate change is likely to have a big impact on health, Elizabeth Tracey reports Climate change will result in a host of consequences for all of us, President Obama’s recent report on the matter asserts, including substantial health …
