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Don't count on text messages as a screening tool for imminent stroke
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 28, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: ‘Dystextia’: When gibberish texts are a sign of stroke Reference: Dystextia: Acute Stroke in the Modern Age
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Living longer but with more morbidity
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 13, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: People Living Longer but Not Healthier Lives
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The effects of overdiagnosis of breast cancer using screening mammography
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 22, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Cancer Survivor or Victim of Overdiagnosis? Reference: Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence
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Multivitamins do little to reduce cancer risk in male physicians over 50:study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 19, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Study: Multivitamins may slightly lower cancer risk in men but not their odds of heart disease Reference: Multivitamins in the Prevention of Cancer in Men: The Physicians’ Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial
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The rationale of why testicular cancer screening using a pregnancy test is not recommended
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 9, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Reddit comic about Canadian man’s positive pregnancy test sparks cancer diagnosis
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New cancer biomarker protein may lead to development of early detection and treatment
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 8, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: One test may ‘find many cancers’ Reference: The DSB Biomarkers Pilot Study
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Annual physical exams do not reduce death rates
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 17, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Routine Physicals Don’t Save Lives Reference: Krogsbøll LT, et al “General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009009.pub2.
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Open-heart and balloon angioplasty may not be indicated for patients with stable heart disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 12, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Nearly one-third of angioplasties, bypasses are ineffective or unneeded: researchers Reference: Regional Variation in Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness and Baseline Risk After Acute Myocardial Infarction
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The importance of colorectal cancer screening
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 10, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Max Keeping’s next battle: Former CTV anchor faces surgery for colorectal cancer