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Seniors' prescription drug use rises: CIHI report
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 19, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Seniors’ prescription drug use rises Reference: Nearly two-thirds of seniors using five or more types of prescription drugs
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SPRINT trial will try to answer if tight control of blood pressure reduces the risk of dementia
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 18, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Could Lowering Blood Pressure Help Stop Dementia?
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Kidney failure incidence increasing: Canadian Institute for Health Information
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 17, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Kidney failures up 57% over 10 years Reference: 2010 CORR Report—Treatment of End-Stage Organ Failure in Canada 1999 to 2008
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Drug therapy as effective as angioplasty in relieving chest pain due to stable angina
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 16, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Canadian study finds no difference between angioplasty, drugs Reference: Meta-analysis: Effects of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Medical Therapy on Angina Relief
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Addition of fibrates to conventional treatments does not reduce heart attack risk in type II diabetics
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 15, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Treatment fails to prevent heart attacks in diabetics Reference: Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Effects of Combination Lipid Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus NEJM Editorial: ACCORD and Risk-Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes
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Sunday House Call #295, March 14, 2010
Sunday House Call #295, March 14, 2010 My comment on this story about alleged claims of adverse effects from Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills. Plus listener questions about adverse side effects of medications, diabetes, abdominal pain, chancre sores, nose bleeds, and pseudo human growth hormone. [display_podcast]
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BMJ reports birth control pill use not associated with increased long-term risk of death
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 12, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Birth-Control Pills Cut Cancer, Lengthen Women’s Lives in Study Reference: Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study
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Study demonstrates new diagnostic method to predict survival/relapse outcomes in classic Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 11, 2010 Source: B.C. team makes a breakthrough in lymphoma treatment Reference: Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Survival in Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
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Early stage study shows virus can destroy prostate cancer cells
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 10, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Tumor-Melting Virus vs. Prostate Cancer Reference: Oncolytic Viral Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Efficacy of Reovirus as a Biological Therapeutic
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