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:

Neobladder

Imagine being diagnosed with bladder cancer as a young woman, and also being told that after surgery you might end up having to use an outside bag to collect urine. It would change your life and make some activities difficult. Doctors at Mayo Clinic strive to make this situation better for patients.

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Mayo Clinic - Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in your bladder — a balloon-shaped organ in your pelvic area that stores urine. Bladder cancer begins most often in the cells that line the inside of the bladder. Bladder cancer typically affects older

Mayo Clinic - Urine Cytology

Urine cytology is a test to look for abnormal cells in your urine. Urine cytology is used, along with other tests and procedures, to diagnose urinary tract cancers. Urine cytology is most often used to diagnose bladder cancer, though the test may also det

Mayo Clinic - Urinalysis

Urinalysis is a test that evaluates a sample of your urine. Urinalysis is used to detect and assess a wide range of disorders, including urinary tract infection, kidney disorders and diabetes.

Healthline Today - Cancer Health Center

Participate in your care and prevention—Learn more about cancer and how you may be able to lower your risk.

Healthline 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:

Healthline 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:

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.

Don’t Drink and Deliver

Healthy behaviors before and during pregnancy play a key role in the ultimate outcome of a pregnancy; one of the greatest dangers to an unborn child is alcohol. In this podcast, Dr. Clark Denny discusses the importance of women abstaining from alcohol during pregnancy.

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CDC - Here’s to an Alcohol-Free Pregnancy!

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is one of the top preventable causes of birth defects and developmental disabilities, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).

CDC - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her unborn baby. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant and there also does not appear to be a safe time to drink during pregnancy either.

CDC - Birth Defects

Birth defects affect about one in every 33 babies born in the United States each year. They are the leading cause of infant deaths, accounting for more than 20% of all infant deaths. Babies born with birth defects have a greater chance of illness and long

CDC - What Every Woman Should Know about Alcohol and Pregnancy

We've all heard that a woman shouldn't drink while she's pregnant or if she's planning to get pregnant. Here's why and what you should know.

CDC- Alcohol & Public Health

Alcohol use is very common in our society. Drinking alcohol has immediate effects that can increase the risk of many harmful health conditions

Patients Are Asking: Caution Using Topical Anesthetics Prior to Mammography

FDA is alerting patients and healthcare professionals about the potential danger of using topical anesthetics to relieve pain before having mammography or other medical procedures. The concern is that patients may apply these drugs improperly, which could cause excessive absorption of the drug. This could result in seizures, cardiac arrhythmias, respiratory failure, coma, and even death.

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FDA : Topical Anesthetics

FDA issued a public health advisory to remind patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers about potentially serious hazards of using skin numbing products, also known as topical anesthetics, for relieving pain from mammography and other medical tes

FDA : Radiology : Premedication to Reduce Discomfort during Screening Mammography1

To test the hypothesis that premedication with acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and/or 4% lidocaine gel would decrease discomfort and improve satisfaction with screening mammography in women who expect a higher level of discomfort.

FDA : Improper Use of Skin Numbing Products Can Be Deadly

In January 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory about the improper use of skin numbing products. Also known as topical anesthetics, these products have been used to lessen pain in certain procedures such as skin tre

Health Line Today : Breast Cancer

A healthy lifestyle offers protection now. What changes can you make to reduce your breast cancer risk or ease your treatment? According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk

According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, every three minutes one woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Health Line Today : Fibrocystic Breast Disease

Breast tenderness and lumpiness may point to fibrocystic breast disease (FBD), a non-life-threatening but uncomfortable condition that affects many women. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : General Anesthetics

General anesthetics are used to produce unconsciousness during surgery. Unlike local anesthetics that are used in dentistry and minor surgery, general anesthetics circulate throughout the body, which results in a stronger action on the nervous system and