Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: Overuse of Pap smears, masks for preventing flu, off pump bypass surgery, and masks for flu transmission prevention

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Johns Hopkins PodBlog: Which Bypass Surgery is Best

Coronary artery bypass surgery, abbreviated CABG and pronounced like the vegetable, is necessary when someone's coronary arteries, those that supply the heart muscle itself with blood, become so extensively blocked that they must be replaced.

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H1N1 (SWINE INFLUENZA) EXPERTS AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

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STUDY UNMASKS HOW OVARIAN TUMORS EVADE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Healthline Today: Women’s Health Center

Along with their bodies, women’s health interests are constantly evolving. Learn how to meet each change in order to be healthy, energetic, and fit.

Healthline Today: Influenza

Prepare yourself to fight the flu. Each year the flu hits millions, sometimes lingering for days, sometimes weeks. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Peripheral Vascular Disease

Keep blood flowing freely through your legs and other parts of your body. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help you avert artery blockage:

Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: Risks of antipsychotic medications in kids, aging and cardiovascular fitness, staving off type 2 diabetes and insulin regimens in those who already have type 2 diabetes.

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Managing ADHD

Johns Hopkins PodBlog: Aging & Cardiovascular Fitness

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Declines With Age, No Matter What

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PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES CAN PUT FATTY LIVERS ON A DIET WITH MODERATE EXERCISE

Healthline Today: Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder

Hyperactivity—is it normal behavior or ADHD? When a child is more than rambunctious, it is important to know the facts. According to research or other evidence, the following steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Babies & Children Health Center

Raise a happy, healthy baby, and get the answers you need for your child’s well-being.

Healthline Today: Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Sugar,

Also known as adult-onset diabetes, type 2 diabetes can often be managed by carefully monitoring your diet. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: New agent for the treatment of obesity, fish oil and depression treatment in patients with heart disease, managing kidney disease in kids, and management of erectile dysfunction in men.

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Johns Hopkins: Heart & Vascular Institute

The Effects Of Obesity

Johns Hopkins: Heart & Vascular Institute

Consistently ranked among the top hospitals in U.S.News and World Report's ranking of American hospitals, Johns Hopkins cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons work together to ensure patients receive the m

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Researchers Find New Way to Gauge Kidney Function In Kids

Johns Hopkins: Prostate Cancer

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

Healthline Today: Weight Loss & Obesity

Get the skinny on weight loss. Discover what works for you to improve your chances of losing weight and keeping it off. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Weight Management Health Center

The road to success: choose the right diet for you, find your ideal weight, and discover helpful weight loss supplements to keep the pounds off once and for all.

Healthline Today: Cardiovascular Disease Overview

A heart-to-heart on cardiovascular disease: Make simple changes to help you beat the odds against heart disease, a leading cause of death. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Kidney Stones, Nephrolithiasis, Renal Calculi, Urinary Calculi, Urolithiasis

Find the source and stop the pain of kidney stones. Hard masses that grow from crystals forming in the kidneys, they typically cause severe back pain that may radiate to the groin area. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care step

Healthline Today: Erectile Dysfunction

Learn more about the cause of erectile dysfunction to overcome this sensitive condition. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Management of wheezing in children, fine particulate matter in the air, increase in MRSA in head and neck infections in kids, and a trend toward less severe heart attacks.

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Johns Hopkins - Childrens Center : Bronchitis

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the main air passages (bronchi) to the lungs.

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Johns Hopkins - DOME :The MRSA Monster: Join the Fight

Hopkins Hospital is one of six sites chosen to receive funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for an aggressive campaign to wipe out the preventable infection.

Johns Hopkins - SCIENTISTS MAKE HEADWAY AGAINST HEART DISEASE

"Our next step is to find out what causes this genetic factor, so we can find a way around it," says Weiss.

Health Line Today : Babies & Children Health Center

Raise a happy, healthy baby, and get the answers you need for your child’s well-being.

Health Line Today : Infection

Protect your body from infection—the invasion of microorganisms. The best defense? A strong immune system. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Homeopathic Remedies for Infection

Infection occurs when bacteria or viruses take hold in body tissues, and inflammation, swelling, fever, and other symptoms appear as the person’s immune system works to overcome them.

Health Line Today : Heart Attack

Keep your lifelines clear and let blood flow freely to your heart. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help prevent artery blockage and reduce your heart attack risk:

Health Line Today : Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Say good-bye to CVI—Keep the blood that flows from your feet to your heart in constant motion. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Dangers of Vick’s Vapor Rub, sleep and cold susceptibility, Salmonella outbreak , and treadmill exercise for blood vessel disease in the legs.

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Johns Hopkins - Children's Center

In actively opposing the delivery of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to young children, Janet Serwint is working to turn research evidence into health policy

Johns Hopkins - Answers to the Sleep I.Q. Test

Although it is a time when your body rests and restores its energy levels, sleep is an active state that affects both your physical and mental well-being.

Johns Hopkins -Salmonella Poisoning & RA

Hello...I was recently exposed to Salmonella poisoning via peanut butter.

Johns Hopkins - Health Information Library : Peripheral Vascular Disease (Poor Circulation)

Atherosclerotic hardening of the arteries that supply blood to the lower legs and feet limits the flow of blood, which brings oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removes waste products.

Health Line Today : Pediatric Cough/Cold

This combination medication is used to treat symptoms caused by the common cold, flu, allergies, hay fever, or other breathing illnesses (e.g., sinusitis, bronchitis).

Health Line Today : Cold & Flu Health Center

Strengthen your immune system and minimize symptoms with easy-to-follow self-care tips for staying healthy and feeling good.

Health Line Today : Insomnia

Tired of insomnia? Fortunately, there are alternatives to counting sheep to help you get a healthy night’s sleep. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Homeopathic Remedies for Sleeplessness

Sleep is an opportunity for the brain and body to rest and be restored.

Health Line Today : Peripheral Vascular Disease

Keep blood flowing freely through your legs and other parts of your body. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help you avert artery blockage:

Health Line Today : Atherosclerosis

Get your blood flowing freely and protect your arteries from hardening with a few healthy habits. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful: