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Health Talk, Ep. 218 (1995-02-16)

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Episode #218:Tape: Prescription drug misuse. Prescription drugs are causing millions of older Americans serious trouble. Many people over sixty are on multiple medications: sometimes more than half a dozen at any given time. And if the drugs aren't all kept straight, they can cause more problems than they solve. Robin Minietta reports. (repeat)Interview: Paul Brown talks with author Alexandra Dundas Todd about her book "Double Vision," which advocates a mix of eastern and western healing techniques to cure cancer.

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KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)

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public broadcasting, AAPB, prescription drug misuse, geriatric pharmacology, polypharmacy, Paul Brown, Robin Minietta, Alexandra Dundas Todd, Phil Hanston, Sidney Wolfe, Debra Kerns, KCTS 9, First Choice Health Network, American MedTech, Swedish Medical Center, Group Health Cooperative, Worst Pills Best Pills, alternative cancer treatment

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