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Anchor lead: Inflammation can compromise some screening tests, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a current or former smoker, the ability of screening tests to detect lung tumors may be compromised if you have specific infections, common in certain regions of …
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Anchor lead: New enrollees into the healthcare system are experiencing a range of tests, Elizabeth Tracey reports The political tussling over the Affordable Care Act is still underway, but Patricia Davidson, dean of the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: Why can’t a standard laboratory test be used to screen people for Ebola virus infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Why can’t a standard laboratory test known as ‘PCR’ determine whether someone is infected with Ebola virus rather than quarantining …
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This week’s topics include best medication for initial diabetes therapy, Ebola update, lowering blood pressure after stroke, and an LDL variant and aortic valve disease. Program notes: 0:41 Ebola update in NEJM 1:41 Case fatality rate 74% 2:39 Even with …
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Anchor lead: What does a huge analysis of inherited DNA variation tell us about prostate cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Screening very large numbers of people for genetic variations is one benefit of a multitude of new research techniques employed recently …
