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Anchor lead: Should you get medical care in a retail clinic? Elizabeth Tracey reports Medical clinics in retail stores, known somewhat disparagingly as docs in a box, shouldn’t be used for ongoing medical care, the American College of Physicians has …
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Anchor lead: Can human tumors grown in mice help determine cancer therapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mouse avatars, where a person’s tumor is grown in a mouse for the purpose of evaluating different potential therapies, has shown some promise in a …
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This week’s topics include safety of kidney donation, off-label use of prescription drugs, death in middle age, and spending and malpractice. Program notes: 0:34 Death in middle aged people 1:35 In contrast to everywhere else in the world 2:35 Opiates? …
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during October 2015. Program notes: 0:22 Low nicotine cigarette impact 1:25 Smoked less 2:27 Strategy to make less attractive 2:45 Cancer in elephants 3:45 Studies of lymphocytes too 4:30 …
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Anchor lead: What is happening in the wake of marijuana legalization? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more people are trying marijuana, new federal data indicate, with another study demonstrating that there are also more people having problems with its use. …
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Anchor lead: Apple’s leap into health care may help people with epilepsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Can using an Apple watch to monitor epileptic seizures help people with the condition manage them better? That’s the hope of Nathan Crone, one principal …
