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Public Health Officials Resigning Under Pressure

>> July 26, 2020

State and local public health officials have been under pressure like never before in the COVID-19 pandemic, as citizens and elected officials push back against tough restrictions designed to curb the virus. Some officials have even been threatened. Feeling …

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PTSD in Children

>> July 26, 2020

Mental health experts once believed that children were too young to remember traumas well enough to suffer much from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now they know that children as young as 2 or 3 can be affected, often for the rest of their lives. An expert …

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Medical Notes: Week of July 26, 2020

>> July 26, 2020

We’ve all heard that face masks are essential to keep people from spreading Covid-19… but scientists at the University of California Davis say evidence is piling up that masks also cut the risk of getting Covid-19 by up to 65 percent. Other new findings? …

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Dealing With the Increase in Osteoporosis

>> July 19, 2020

America is an aging country. Naturally, there has been a significant increase in osteoporosis. Our two guests, Dr. Sundeep Khosla and Dr. Ethel Siris, discuss what osteoporosis is and how it can be treated.Osteoporosis is a disease caused by a decrease in bone …

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Doctor Burnout: It Starts Early

>> July 19, 2020

Doctors already say they’re burned out, but the Covid-19 pandemic is making it worse. A noted physician educator discusses how burnout starts with the way future doctors are taught. Guest Information: Dr. Saul Weiner, Professor of Medicine, …

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Medical Notes: Week of July 19, 2020

>> July 19, 2020

Telehealth is taking off in the United States. A study into insurance codes by the organization FAIR Health shows that in April… claim lines related to telehealth were up more than 8,000 percent compared to April last year. In urban areas, telehealth made up …

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Orthorexia: Overdoing A Good Thing

>> July 12, 2020

Therapists report an increase in orthorexia, a not-yet recognized eating disorder where people become fixated on eating only healthy things and/or exercising hours per day. It can take over an afflicted person’s life and result in physical symptoms much like …

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Tick Paralysis: When A Tick Bite Can Be Fatal (2020)

>> July 12, 2020

The segment below is an updated version of a story originally published at an earlier date – Tick Paralysis (2018).

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Medical Notes: Week of July 12, 2020

>> July 12, 2020

Some parts of the United States are suffering a severe rebound in Covid-19 cases… But states that stuck to tough shelter in place rules are now recovering. An analysis by researchers at the University of California–Berkeley shows the aggressive steps …

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Autism and Substance Abuse (2020)

>> July 5, 2020

Studies show that people with autism are twice as likely as others to engage in substance abuse, contrary to previous belief that they are extremely unlikely to use drugs or alcohol. An expert and an author who has used alcohol to cope with his autism discuss …

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Contact Tracing And Quarantine: How Far Can We Go?

>> July 5, 2020

The next step in beating the Covid-19 pandemic may be stepped up contact tracing and quarantine of people who’ve had contact with Covid-positive individuals. However, many people see that as too expensive and intrusive to be practical. An expert …

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Medical Notes: Week of July 5, 2020

>> July 5, 2020

People who’ve never smoked make up about 25 percent of those who develop the lung disease COPD…and researchers may have figured out who’s at risk. It turns out that some people have very small airways in the lungs in proportion to the size of the lungs …

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Public Health Officials Resigning Under Pressure

PTSD in Children

Dealing With the Increase in Osteoporosis

Doctor Burnout: It Starts Early

Medical Notes: Week of July 19, 2020

Orthorexia: Overdoing A Good Thing

Tick Paralysis: When A Tick Bite Can Be Fatal (2020)

Medical Notes: Week of July 12, 2020

Autism and Substance Abuse (2020)

Contact Tracing And Quarantine: How Far Can We Go?

Medical Notes: Week of July 5, 2020

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