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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT IS THE STATE OF TUBERCULOSIS THIS WORLD TB DAY? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS World TB Day has just been recognized, with the prediction that 3 million people worldwide are infected with tuberculosis each year but aren’t diagnosed or …
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ANCHOR LEAD: ARE STATINS INDICATED IN YET ONE MORE DISEASE? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a common and sometimes relentless disease. Now statins, drugs usually used to lower heart disease risk, may help slow down progression of …
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ANCHOR LEAD: HOW OLD IS YOUR HEART? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Heart age is a new method of calculating your risk of a cardiovascular event, just reported in the British Medical Journal. Michael Blaha, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says this …
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS HELP STEM THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Interventional radiologists use cutting edge imaging to help them reach many areas inside the body to do procedures. One such procedure that has proven very promising in …
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This week’s topics include Barrett’s esophagus and radiofrequency ablation, a screening and intervention tool for college drinkers, hemoglobin A1c and cardiovascular risk, and e-cigarettes, again. Program notes: 0:42 e-cigarettes and cessation 1:40 Did not predict ability to quit 2:36 Dangerous …
