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Anchor lead: States with medical marijuana laws see fewer deaths related to opiate use, Elizabeth Tracey reports When medical marijuana use laws are on the books, fewer people die as a result of prescription opioid overdose, a study by Colleen …
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This week’s topics include a new drug for MDR TB, concussion in adolescent girls, cancer screening in the elderly, and smoking cessation after hospital discharge. Program notes: 0:35 Cancer screening in the elderly 1:35 31 to 55% of high mortality …
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Anchor lead: Can a new technique less invasively treat obesity? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using nothing more than a catheter and tiny plastic beads, Clifford Weiss and colleagues at Johns Hopkins are investigating a new treatment for obesity called the BEAT …
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Anchor lead: The FDA has just approved a new test for colorectal cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports Colorectal cancer screening has for years relied on physical examination of the large intestine most often using colonoscopy in the US but also …
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Anchor lead: Should you have a sigmoidoscopy rather than a colonoscopy? Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s no question that examination of the large intestine, either using colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, reduces both the incidence of and death relative to colon cancer. Now …
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Anchor lead: Sigmoidoscopy definitely helps reduce colorectal cancer deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports Flexible sigmoidscopy, where a much smaller and more accessible part of the large intestine is examined compared to colonoscopy, has a very positive impact on reducing both colorectal …
