Podcast Episodes

How much can you trust the fecal test to screen for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Fecal immunochemical tests, so called FIT tests, vary quite a bit at how accurate they are in pinpointing the presence of colorectal cancer, a recent…

1 year, 2 months ago

Fecal screening tests for colorectal cancer may not have the last word, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Fecal immunochemical or FIT tests are increasingly being used to screen for colorectal cancer, with a recent study examining just how good – or not –…

1 year, 2 months ago

Is there a difference between various stool tests used to screen for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re using a fecal test to scre…

1 year, 2 months ago

Is alcohol a risk factor for cancer development? Elizabeth Tracey reports Several cancer societies have come out fingering alcohol consumption as a r…

1 year, 2 months ago

Benefits of nurses in communities are multiple, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Trust is a major barrier for many when it comes to interactions with healthcare providers and our current system, and community based nurses may help…

1 year, 3 months ago

A nursing shortage may be helped by having nurses in the community, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Neighborhood Nursing, a community outreach that places both a nurse and a community health worker in communities, meets people where they are and hel…

1 year, 3 months ago

Just how might a community-based nurse impact healthcare? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Imagine a nurse whose job it is to hang out in your neighborhood, answering questions, helping manage healthcare issues, and doing basic assessments.…

1 year, 3 months ago

What is required to put a nurse and community health worker in place in communities throughout the US? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Primary healthcare delivered right where you are. Sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? Not if health insurers can see the benefits and choose to work t…

1 year, 3 months ago

How might a nurse in the neighborhood change the way healthcare is delivered in the US? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Neighborhood Nursing is a new initiative begun by Sarah Szanton, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and colleagues, to place a nurse and a …

1 year, 3 months ago

Synthetic opioids continue to complicate rates of opioid dependance and death, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Nitazines are the new kid on the block when it comes to synthetic opioids being found in street drugs, and they can be about 40 times as powerful as …

1 year, 3 months ago