Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Parkinson’s disease is actually a few different clinical entities, Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Nov 2024

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Used to be Parkinson’s disease was thought of as a movement disorder, but now it’s known that as the condition progresses two different types of d...

A new way of diagnosing prion disease may also help in other diseases, Elizabeth Tracey reports

04 Nov 2024

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Prions are misfolded proteins that can infect us and cause our normal proteins to fold incorrectly also, and they can be found in the skin, a new stud...

What is a prion and how does it cause disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

04 Nov 2024

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Prion diseases are caused in people when an aberrant form of a protein that is already in our bodies infects us, and causes the normal protein to fold...

Why is it that a disorder that affects the brain can be diagnosed with a skin biopsy? Elizabeth Tracey reports

04 Nov 2024

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The rare brain disorder abbreviated CJD, for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, can be diagnosed with two or more skin biopsies, a recent study shows. Jo...

Making the diagnosis for a rare brain disease may now be easier, Elizabeth Tracey reports

04 Nov 2024

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Skin biopsies have proven better at diagnosing the rare brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob, abbreviated CJD, than doing a spinal tap to obtain cereb...

Diagnosing some neurologic diseases may now use a skin biopsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports

04 Nov 2024

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or CJD is a rare neurological condition that may initially look like dementia and that is ultimately fatal. It’s caus...

Treatment of the skin cancer melanoma continues to improve, Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 Oct 2024

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The skin cancer melanoma has historically been associated with difficulties in treatment and survival, but that picture is changing rapidly. Now the r...

There’s good news for a difficult to treat breast cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 Oct 2024

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So called triple negative breast cancer is associated with increased rates of spread, recurrence and death than other forms, but now long term results...

Even if you’ve had a false positive mammogram you should still have regular screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 Oct 2024

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Women who’ve had a false positive mammogram may be at increased risk for developing breast cancer later, a recent study shows, so regular mammograph...

Just how often do mammograms turn up false positive results? Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 Oct 2024

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No woman likes to undergo mammography, and when results seem to show a problem when there isn’t one, many will choose to give subsequent studies a m...

What happens when a woman gets a false positive mammogram? Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 Oct 2024

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If you are a woman who’s had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer, you may be reluctant to come back again for regular screening if you’ve gott...

What is the role for fecal screening tests for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

21 Oct 2024

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While not perfect, colorectal cancer screening tests known as FIT tests are not just likely to be used more often, they’re poised to become the go t...

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

21 Oct 2024

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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 ...

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

21 Oct 2024

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

21 Oct 2024

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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 scr...

21 Oct 2024

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

Benefits of nurses in communities are multiple, Elizabeth Tracey reports

07 Oct 2024

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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....

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

07 Oct 2024

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

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

07 Oct 2024

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

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

07 Oct 2024

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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 ...

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

07 Oct 2024

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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 c...

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

30 Sep 2024

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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 f...

Readily available treatment is important for opioid addiction, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Sep 2024

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Opioid overdoses continue to be a huge public health problem, with new synthetic opioids continuing to be developed. Eric Strain, a substance use diso...

World Health Organization data paints an increased risk of cancer and cancer death for men, Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Sep 2024

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How can we explain the disparity between cancer deaths among men and women, including the prognostication in a recent WHO report on cancer worldwide t...

Who is at risk for cancer development and death over the next decades? Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Sep 2024

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The World Health Organization has recently released a snapshot of world cancer data, with a look forward to what we might expect regarding cancers of ...

How does infection risk relative to CAR-T treatment factor into therapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports

30 Sep 2024

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CAR-T therapy, where someone’s own immune cells are trained to go after their cancer, has now been shown to confer a heightened infection risk, and ...

How is it that more and more powerful opioids are appearing among street drugs? Elizabeth Tracey reports.

23 Sep 2024

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Just keeping up with the names is difficult: fentanyl, carfentanyl, xylazine, now nitazines…and each has a host of harms and is more potent than its...

Why add even more potent synthetic opioids to existing ones? Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Sep 2024

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Adding the potent opioid nitazine to heroin or fentanyl is hard to understand, since it ups the likelihood you’ll kill your clientele. Eric Strain, ...

What are the dangers of nitazines? Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Sep 2024

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When someone is brought to the ED having overdosed, the clock is ticking to identify what substance they’ve used and then attempt to reverse it. Joh...

Newer and more potent street opioids are always being developed, Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Sep 2024

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No sooner does awareness of new types of street opioids develop than the next generation appears. Such is the case with nitazines, a class of opioids ...

There’s a new drug being added to opioids bought on the street, Elizabeth Tracey reports

23 Sep 2024

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First was heroin, then came fentanyl and its variations, then came xylazine. Now nitazines, a class of drugs that augment the action of opioids, are b...

Cancer headlines monthly podcast with William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. This month looks at outcomes after removal of both breasts when breast cancer is found in one, squamous cell carcinoma, CAR-T cell therapy side effects, and will men get cancer more in the next couple of decades.

17 Sep 2024

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What can we do to protect ourselves from respiratory infections? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Sep 2024

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Respiratory infections like seasonal influenza and Covid can be devastating. Johns Hopkins critical care physician and pandemic preparedness expert Am...

Benefits of the flu vaccine are multiple, Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Sep 2024

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Do you know the difference between seasonal and pandemic flu? Amesh Adalja, a critical care medicine physician and pandemic preparedness expert at Joh...

How much do you know about flu-related mortality? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Sep 2024

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At this point you’ve probably gotten really tired of Covid, but it’s not time to stop thinking about viral illnesses yet. That’s because we’re...

Why aren’t people accessing the new Covid vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Sep 2024

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New Covid vaccines are here, yet the number of people choosing to get them is underwhelming. Amesh Adalja, a critical care medicine physician and pand...

Vaccine uptake is lackluster, and that’s a problem, Elizabeth Tracey reports

16 Sep 2024

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Are you up to date on your vaccines? How about your children? Amesh Adalja, a critical care medicine physician and pandemic preparedness expert at Joh...

How have diet trends over the last couple of decades impacted health? Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Sep 2024

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The medical establishment took on fats as problematic in the 1960s, with the result that food manufacturers switched to sugars and refined carbs inste...

Our obesity epidemic is rooted in medicine’s inability to take a broader view, Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Sep 2024

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The food pyramid was supposed to visually demonstrate how best to nourish our bodies, but instead it vilified many fats and precipitated a wholesale s...

What does a wholistic approach have to do with health? Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Sep 2024

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Diabetes is out of control, along with obesity, mental health disorders, and rising rates of many cancers. Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins an...

It’s time for medicine at large to look at whole people instead of diseases and conditions, Elizabeth Tracey reports

09 Sep 2024

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Where are the blind spots when it comes to the practice of medicine? Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary, author of a new book entitled ‘Blind Spots,...

Does the argument that limiting smartphone use works hold water? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Sep 2024

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Burgeoning research demonstrates that smartphone use in schools is detrimental to individual students and corrosive for the learning environment. Mart...

Some schools have already banned smartphones in students’ interest, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Sep 2024

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Should we allow a technology that’s at best disruptive and at worst addictive into our schools? No, states Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and...

Should smartphones even be allowed in schools? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Sep 2024

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Smartphones are ubiquitous, with over half of US children owning one by the time they are 11 years of age. Much research is emerging demonstrating jus...

CAR-T therapy for cancer is associated with risk for infectious disease death, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 Aug 2024

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An engineered type of T cell known as a CAR-T can be very beneficial for people with some types of cancer, yet a major cause of death among those who ...

Squamous cell skin cancer needs more rigorous study, Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 Aug 2024

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Skin cancers run the gamut from relatively benign basal cell carcinoma to invasive melanoma. In between are squamous cell carcinomas, which are increa...

Who should have both breasts removed when cancer is found in one? Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 Aug 2024

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Many women who had both breasts removed when cancer was found in one really didn’t experience any benefit from doing so, with similar rates of recur...

What does a study on removing both breasts when cancer is found in one tell us? Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 Aug 2024

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 Three groups of women, all with breast cancer in one breast, participated in a recent study looking at whether removing both breasts when cancer...

Does removing both breasts when cancer is found in one help? Elizabeth Tracey reports

27 Aug 2024

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Bilateral mastectomy as a means of preventing cancer in the other breast when it is found in one breast may not be of benefit when it comes to reccure...

How often might an individualized vaccine need to be developed to treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Individualized cancer vaccines based on the specific set of mutations someone has are now in clinical trials, with William Nelson, director of the Kim...

Individualized cancer vaccines are on the horizon, Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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If you have the misfortune to develop cancer, chances are good you may have a vaccine developed just for you to treat it, if further research bears ou...

How might gut bacteria impact cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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A type of cancer treatment known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor may be stymied by the type of bacteria someone has in their intestine, a new study ...

Should exercise be prescribed for some people having chemotherapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Certain types of chemotherapy are associated with development of a condition called peripheral neuropathy, which at its most mild may cause tingling i...

Can exercise help avoid a common side effect of some types of chemotherapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Tingling and the feeling of pins and needles, especially in hands and feet, may occur with use of some types of chemotherapy. Known in medical parlanc...

It’s just becoming clear that social media can be addictive and harmful, Elizabeth 

06 Aug 2024

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Tracey reports Depression and social media use are linked, a recent study by Johns Hopkins child and adolescent psychiatrist Carol Vidal found. This a...

What can help break social media addiction? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Rewards that activate pleasure centers in our brains are baked into social media platforms, and that can be a recipe for addiction. That’s according...

How might regulations be changed to avoid social media dangers? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Social media platforms should carry a warning label about dangers posed to young people by using them, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says. Johns Hop...

Caveat emptor regarding social media use, Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently warned that social media platforms should carry a warning label that they may harm the health of teenagers, a...

Does social media need to be regulated just like the tobacco industry? Elizabeth Tracey reports

06 Aug 2024

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Social media has significant potential to create harm and should be regulated as such. That’s according to Carol Vidal, a child and adolescent psych...

Depressed people who use social media don’t get worse over time, Elizabeth Tracey reports

29 Jul 2024

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Hundreds of people in the 18 to 25 year old range who were studied by Johns Hopkins child and adolescent psychiatrist Carol Vidal for depressive sympt...

Are depression and social media use linked? Elizabeth Tracey reports

29 Jul 2024

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Looking at social media use and depression among a group of 18 to 25 year olds, most of whom were women, led Johns Hopkins child and adolescent psychi...

Should social media be considered a risk factor for depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports

29 Jul 2024

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Mental health problems among US young adults are at an all time high, with many pointing to social media as a prominent factor. Carol Vidal, a Johns H...

Looking at young adults over time helps tease out the relationship between depression and social media use, Elizabeth Tracey reports

29 Jul 2024

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Which comes first, depression or social media use? Johns Hopkins child and adolescent psychiatrist Carol Vidal set out to find out. Vidal: We basicall...

What can we learn about social media use and depression in young adults? Elizabeth Tracey reports

29 Jul 2024

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How are use of social media and depression related? A study led by Johns Hopkins child and adolescent psychiatrist Carol Vidal enrolled several hundre...

What is the best strategy to mitigate the impact of fungal infections in people? Elizabeth Tracey reports

22 Jul 2024

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Fungal infections of people are on the rise, Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor and author of “Will the Fungi Win?” states. That’s true ...

Worrisome fungal infections are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports

22 Jul 2024

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What is the human thermal barrier? As Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor, describes in his new book, “Will the Fungi Win?” it is our norma...

Fungi are becoming more adapted to hot temperatures, and that may lead to more human infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports

22 Jul 2024

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The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be among the hottest on record, and for fungi, that may be just the stimulus needed to enable them to effectively ...

Devastation of food crops is one of fungi’s biggest threats to people, Elizabeth Tracey reports

22 Jul 2024

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Most of the world’s population is dependent on grains for survival, and if fungal attacks on these food sources continue to increase, starvation of ...

Fungi are worth your attention, Elizabeth Tracey reports

22 Jul 2024

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What’s your favorite fungus? You might say mushrooms and stop there, since for most of us a broad knowledge of fungi is lacking. Arturo Casadevall, ...

Where do we need to start to improve health across the lifespan? Elizabeth Tracey reports

15 Jul 2024

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The vast majority of kids in the US go to school, and CDC director Mandy Cohen, at a recent Johns Hopkins talk, says these are very important places t...

Maternal mortality in the United States is a national tragedy, Elizabeth Tracey reports

15 Jul 2024

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Women in the US experience a rate of maternal mortality twice as high and sometimes three times as high as that of other high income countries. How do...

Can we figure out how to reduce deaths due to suicide? Elizabeth Tracey reports

15 Jul 2024

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In 2023, more than 50,000 Americans died by suicide, continuing a grim trend upward that has been underway for years. Mandy Cohen, CDC director, said ...

When strategizing on how to prevent drug overdoses, look to the CDC first, Elizabeth Tracey reports

15 Jul 2024

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Schools, communities, medical systems, all are working to intervene when it comes to the epidemic rate of drug overdose death we are experiencing nati...

How is the CDC helping to stem the tide of drug overdose death? Elizabeth Tracey reports

15 Jul 2024

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Drug overdose deaths are at an all time high, with social ills, availability of lethal substances and barriers to care all involved. Mandy Cohen, dire...

What impact can a nurse and a community health worker have on the health of neighborhoods? Elizabeth Tracey reports

08 Jul 2024

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Neighborhood Nursing is the name of a new program aiming to improve the health of individuals and communities in Baltimore by embedding a nurse and a ...

Can helping families throughout the lifespan prevent chronic disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

08 Jul 2024

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When it comes to health, prevention of infection and disease is by far the best strategy. CDC director Mandy Cohen says the agency is taking preventio...

A big emphasis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the moment is mental health, Elizabeth Tracey reports

08 Jul 2024

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Since Covid, rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide have risen, along with substance use disorders. Helping Americans deal with these issues is a t...

Increasing coordination should allow the CDC to protect the nation’s health better, Elizabeth Tracey reports

08 Jul 2024

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Sharing and integrating data is one of the top priorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, says director Mandy Cohen at a re...

Your view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should expand, Elizabeth Tracey reports

08 Jul 2024

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You probably heard a lot about the CDC, short for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the pandemic, likely more than you wanted to know...

Where do you start in treating shoulder pain? Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jul 2024

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Almost all adults will experience pain in their shoulders at some point. Johns Hopkins head of shoulder surgery Edward McFarland says it’s very simp...

Is there anything you can do to protect your shoulders as you age? Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jul 2024

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Shoulder pain is one of the big three orthopedic problems when it comes to people seeking medical attention, and it gets more common with age. Johns H...

If you’ve aged successfully into your 80’s, you may have shoulder injury you don’t even know about, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jul 2024

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If you’re in your eighties, you may be among the one in two of your peers who have shoulder injuries you just aren’t aware of. Edward McFarland, h...

Even benign activities can result in shoulder injury as we age, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jul 2024

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You may not be a gym warrior but as you age, even everyday activities can result in shoulder injury. Edward McFarland, head of shoulder surgery at Joh...

Falls are a major source of shoulder injury, Elizabeth Tracey reports

02 Jul 2024

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Shoulder pain ranks right up there with back and neck pain, accounting for many visits to physicians. Edward McFarland, head of shoulder surgery at Jo...

The shoulder joint’s unique structure allows for a full range of motion, Elizabeth Tracey reports

24 Jun 2024

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The shoulder joint is known as a ball and socket, where the ball is part of the arm bone called the humerus, while the socket is part of a bone known ...

Much of shoulder pain is the result of tendon injuries, Elizabeth Tracey reports

24 Jun 2024

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Tendons connect muscles to bones. When an injury to the Achilles tendon in the lower leg occurs, it’s most often a tear between muscle and tendon, b...

If you’re experiencing pain in your shoulder your tendons may be the culprit, Elizabeth Tracey reports

24 Jun 2024

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Pain in the shoulder will be experienced by almost every adult at some point, especially as they age. Shoulder pain factors right up there with back a...

How should you interpret pain after exercise? Elizabeth Tracey reports

24 Jun 2024

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Let’s say you begin a new sport, and the next day you wake up a bit sore. Edward McFarland, director of shoulder surgery at Johns Hopkins, says that...

If you’re just taking up exercise there are a few things you should watch out for, Elizabeth Tracey reports

24 Jun 2024

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There’s no question that exercise is a beneficial habit we should all practice, yet for the majority of us it’s hard to fit in to a busy life. Edw...

Does use of talc containing products increase a woman’s change of cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Jun 2024

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Women who used talc-containing products genitally may be at increased risk for ovarian cancer, but not for breast cancer, a new study finds. Kimmel Ca...

Should all women stop breast cancer screening at 74 years of age? Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Jun 2024

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Women should undergo screening for breast cancer using mammography every two years from age 40 until 74, the most recent United States Preventive Serv...

Screening mammography guidelines have been updated, Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Jun 2024

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If you’re a woman between the ages of 40 and 70, you should undergo screening mammography for breast cancer every two years, the United States Preve...

Novel treatments for cancer may not be available outside clinical trials, Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Jun 2024

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There may be no benefit to taking a drug that’s approved already for treating cancer in a clinical trial versus just receiving treatment, a new stud...

Should you participate in a clinical trial if you have cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

11 Jun 2024

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People with cancer who enroll in clinical trials do better. That wisdom appears to have been dashed with results of a new study showing no survival be...

Contact lens wearers may be at risk to develop dry eye, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Jun 2024

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If you wear contact lenses you may be at particular risk to develop the condition known as dry eye, where your eyes may feel dry and scratchy. Lauren ...

Once you’ve developed dry eye the problem will likely continue, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Jun 2024

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Dry eye can develop for a number of reasons, whether it’s because oil glands at the base of your eyelashes aren’t making enough oil or you aren’...

An evaluation can help you pinpoint best treatments for dry eye, Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Jun 2024

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People with dry eye tend to try to self-manage for some time, with a range of over the counter products available to them. Lauren Gormley, an optometr...

What is the most common type of dry eye? Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Jun 2024

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If you have dry eye it’s important to know what type it is, since that will determine best possible management strategies. That’s according to Lau...

If your eyes are suddenly feeling dry and scratchy, a lifestyle change may have precipitated dry eye. Elizabeth Tracey reports

03 Jun 2024

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Dry eye is just what it sounds like, a syndrome that produces the sensation of dry eyes. Lauren Gormley, an optometrist at Johns Hopkins, says conditi...

What are some of the risk factors for dry eye? Elizabeth Tracey reports

28 May 2024

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Millions of Americans have dry eye, a troubling and sometimes serious condition affecting the parts of the eye that are in contact with our external e...