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This week’s topics include fixing holes in the heart, the role of inflammation in heart disease, metal on metal hip implant, and whether...
Texting is entering medicine with a vengeance, with a multitude of studies showing how it can benefit patient management with regard...
Can we live sustainably on this planet, and if so, for how long? Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Ken Weiss of The Los Angeles Times spent a year investigating those questions as he traveled the globe for a five-part series called “Beyond 7 Billion.” He joins us to talk about the cultur...
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April 22, 2013Domestic violence can have health consequences that are just as real, if not as visible, as the bruises. We talk with a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing about the health effects of domestic violence and her research on how to prevent it.The movie Argo won three Oscars t...
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April 22, 2013We know that where you live has a big impact on how long you live, and how healthy you are. Johns Hopkins University has put together a symposium tomorrow to call attention to such “social determinants of health” – with a focus on going beyond studying the problems to takin...
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This week’s topics include glutamine and antioxidants in ICU patients, CT scans to diagnose osteoporosis, childhood migraine and colic, and chronic kidney disease predictors.
April 16, 2013The General Assembly passed a bill last week that would allow the creation of medical marijuana programs at the state’s academic medical centers. If the governor signs the bill, as expected, Maryland would become the 19th state to allow patients to use medical marijuana for pain reli...
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This week’s topics include carnitine and red meat, controlling the childhood obesity problem, PSA screening guidelines, and walking versus running benefits.
This week’s topics include omega-3 levels and mortality, duloxetine for chemotherapy induced nerve pain, costs of dementia, and statin discontinuation.
Why do some people choose to color their hair while others let it go gray? Why do some people age better than others? Why are older people stereotypically so preoccupied with their aches, pains and bodily functions that they drive younger people away just when they need them most? We explore these q...
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April 3, 2013Maryland is negotiating the biggest changes in its health system in four decades, even bigger than the changes facing other states, because Maryland is the only state with authority to set hospital charges that are paid by all insurers, and by uninsured patients.To hold on to that hospi...
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This morning the House of Delegates begins debating Governor O'Malley's gun control bill. As it stands, the measure would ban assault-style weapons and strengthen the requirements to buy a handgun in Maryland. We talk with two of the delegates involved in the debate: Luiz Si...
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The Baltimore City Council approved Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s $2.4 billion operating...
WYPR's Fraser Smith and Scott Calvert of the Baltimore Sun talk about how the City Council is...
WYPR's Fraser Smith and David Moon, political consultant and blogger at Maryland Juice talk...
