Mar 27, 2014 – Food and ALS
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN MORE CALORIES EXTEND LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH ALS? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Higher calorie diets may help people with advanced ALS, or Lou Gerhig’s disease, live longer, a recent study in the Lancet found. Jeffrey Rothstein, an ALS …
Mar 26, 2014 – Alzheimers Blood Test
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN A NEW BLOOD TEST DISCERN YOUR RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS A constellation of ten chemicals found in your blood can predict with about 90% accuracy your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study purports. …
Mar 25, 2014 – WHO and Sugar
Mar 24, 2014 – ECigs and Smoking
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Electronic cigarette manufacturers would have us all believe such devices aid smokers to quit, but a recent study provides abundant evidence that among American youth the converse is actually true. Michael Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of …
PodMed – Week of Mar 24, 2014
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This week’s topics include adverse outcomes relative to a common infection during pregnancy, antiviral drug impact, statins and MS, and genetic profiles and fatty food consumption. Program notes: 0:32 H. influenzae and adverse pregnancy outcomes 1:30 Much more likely to …