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

Johns Hopkins: Children's Center

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:

Hypothermia for Stroke-Extended Interview

Hypothermia can be deadly. Getting too cold from being in icy water or frigid temperatures can cause your body temperature to drop dangerously low. Mayo Clinic Dr. David Freeman, talks about how using hypothermia can help save the lives of stroke patients.

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Mayo Clinic - Hypothermia

Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia (hi-po-THUR-me-uh) occurs as your body tempe

Mayo Clinic - Hypothermia: First aid

Under most conditions your body maintains a healthy temperature. However, when exposed to cold temperatures or to a cool, damp environment for prolonged periods, your body's control mechanisms may fail to keep your body temperature normal.

Mayo Clinic - Stroke

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to a part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within a few minutes, brain cells begin to die.

Mayo Clinic - Heat Exhaustion

Heat exhaustion is a condition whose symptoms may include heavy sweating and a rapid pulse, a result of your body overheating. It's one of three heat-related syndromes, with heat cramps being the mildest and heatstroke being the most severe.

Healthline Today - Stroke

Several types of strokes can strike the brain with little warning—but you can cut your risk for future strokes. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today - Clopidogrel (Plavix)

Clopidogrel is used to prevent a second heart attack or stroke in people with atherosclerosis, and is known as an anti-platelet drug.

Robotic Urologic Surgery

Benign prostate hyperplasia, or BPH, is a common condition that men develop as they age. The main symptom is the need to make frequent trips to the bathroom. In extreme cases, complications such as painful bladder stones can develop. Traditional treatment for these cases meant a big incision and several days in the hospital. But now doctors are using minimally invasive robots to perform this operation. Let's go to Mayo Clinic to find out what the technology means for patients.

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Mayo Clinic : Robot-Assisted Surgery

Mayo surgeons in many specialties use computer-assisted systems (robotic surgery) to perform minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgeries for many purposes.

Mayo Clinic : Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Each year, urologists at Mayo Clinic diagnose and treat more than 6,000 patients who have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Mayo Clinic : Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is cancer of the small walnut-shaped gland in males that produces seminal fluid, the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men, affecting about one in six men in the United

Health Line Today : Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Also known as BPH, this common condition is characterized by frequent urges to urinate. What can you do to relieve prostate pressure? According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Homeopathic Remedies for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Men over fifty often experience swelling in the area of the prostate gland and a frequent need to urinate. These are usually minor but annoying problems

Health Line Today : Prostate Cancer

Gain added protection against prostate cancer by living a healthy lifestyle and by learning more about the causes of this common disease. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful for prevention and treatment:

Health Line Today : Cancer Prevention and Diet

When it comes to cancer there are no guarantees. However, there are choices you can make to significantly reduce your risks. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Pre- and Post-surgery Health

The road to recovery starts with understanding what your body needs before, during, and after surgery. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help with the healing:

Question: When consulting my doctor for erectile dysfunction, tests showed I have Type 2 Diabetes. Is the ED reversible?

Answer By : Dr. Robert Lash

Ask the Podcast Doctor is provided by the University of Michigan Heath System. Ask the podcast doctor is produced by David Stutz , M.D., FACP, he takes your health and medical questions and gets answers from experts.

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UMHS - Healthwise Knowledgebase : Erection Problems (Erectile Dysfunction)

A man has erection problems if he cannot get or keep an erection that is firm enough for him to have sex. Erection problems are also called erectile dysfunction or impotence.

UMHS - Healthwise Knowledgebase : Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong disease that affects the way your body uses food for energy. The disease develops when the cells of the body become resistant to insulin or when the pancreas cannot make enough insulin.

UMHS - Healthwise Knowledgebase :Obesity

Being obese means having so much body fat that your health is in danger. Having too much body fat can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, sleep apnea, and stroke.

Health Line Today : Erectile Dysfunction orImpotence

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:

Health Line Today : Homeopathic Remedies for Impotence

Impotence is the inability to maintain an erection long enough to engage in normal sexual intercourse. Many factors can contribute, including emotional issues, dietary factors, use of alcohol or drugs, and level of physical fitness.

Health Line Today : Type 2 Diabetes or 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:

Health Line Today : Weight Loss and 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:

Health Line 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.

Health Line Today : Reproductive system, male

If you're like most people you have many questions about health. Whether your health concern is about acne, yellow nail syndrome, or anything in between, chances are that you can find the answer at Health Line Today

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Many patients diagnosed with prostate cancer may opt for radiation therapy to treat the disease. Find out more in this Barnes-Jewish Health Connection podcast from Jeff Michalski, MD, interim chair of radiation oncology at the Siteman Cancer Center.

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Barnes Jewish Hospital : Siteman Cancer Center Offers New, Targeted Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Doctors at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine have a new tool in the fight against prostate cancer, allowing them to better target a patient’s tumor with radiation therapy while leaving t

Barnes Jewish Hospital : Prostate Cancer

The fear of having prostate cancer can be devastating to men. However, it is most successfully treated when found early. Consider these statistics from the American Cancer Society:

Barnes Jewish Hospital : New test for prostate cancer promising

While a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test isn't perfect, it remains the gold standard screening tool when it comes to finding prostate cancer. But it only looks for elevated levels of prostate and not prostate cancer.

Barnes Jewish Hospital : New Prostate Probe Does It All in 1 Shot

A local company has developed a scanning system that allows physicians to more accurately detect and treat prostate cancer, a leading cause of death among men

Barnes Jewish Hospital : Robot to perform minimally invasive surgery for patients with prostate cancer

Performing laparascopic prostatectomies is nothing new to Barnes-Jewish.

Health Line Today : Prostate Cancer

Gain added protection against prostate cancer by living a healthy lifestyle and by learning more about the causes of this common disease. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful for prevention and treatment:

Health Line Today : Cancer Prevention and Diet

When it comes to cancer there are no guarantees. However, there are choices you can make to significantly reduce your risks. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Also known as BPH, this common condition is characterized by frequent urges to urinate. What can you do to relieve prostate pressure? According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Homeopathic Remedies for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Men over fifty often experience swelling in the area of the prostate gland and a frequent need to urinate. These are usually minor but annoying problems.