Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: Is it possible to get the flu from the flu vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Flu vaccines prevent the flu, and cannot actually give someone the infection. Reports that the flu vaccine causes the flu are the stuff of urban legend, says Clare Rock, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins. Rock: This is […]

Anchor lead: Flu viruses can catch up with you almost anywhere, Elizabeth Tracey reports Now that flu season has arrived, there is a risk you can pick up the infection from almost any surface someone with the flu has sneezed or coughed on. That’s according to Clare Rock, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins. […]

Anchor lead: The flu season has arrived in the northern hemisphere, Elizabeth Tracey reports Have you gotten your flu shot yet? Clare Rock, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says it’s past time to do so. Rock: Flu season is starting and we’re starting to see our first few cases of flu and likely […]

Anchor lead: Pinpointing the cause of vaping related deaths is hampered by what is in vaping solutions, Elizabeth Tracey reports We don’t know what’s in many vaping solutions, and we don’t have the regulatory tools to compel ingredients to be disclosed. That’s according to Enid Nepture, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins. […]

Anchor lead: A lack of knowledge led to our current vaping crisis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do e-cigarettes help people to stop using combustible cigarettes? Enid Neptune, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins, says because the answer to that question was not known, the stage was set for vaping to become the public […]

Anchor lead: Measuring how particles move through mucus may help manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide. Now a new study by Enid Neptune, a lung expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, has shown that measuring how tiny particles known as […]

Anchor lead: A proportion found throughout nature has a practical side, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Golden Ratio is a  mystical measurement found not only in human skulls, as shown recently by Rafael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, but also throughout nature. And the ratio is employed by both dentists and plastic surgeons to […]

What is the Golden Ratio? It’s a proportion found throughout  nature, and now identified in human skulls. Raphael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, explains. Tamargo: We took 100 CT scans of normal patients, then did these measurements. And we found that the two ratios, they’re almost the same. And they happen to coincide and they […]

Anchor lead: Could a diet help people with one type of leukemia control the disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports One type of leukemia may respond to reducing the amount of serine, an amino acid, in the diet, research by Brian Dalton, a leukemia expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Dalton says employing such a […]

Anchor lead: A molecule called leptin has multiple effects in obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is linked to high blood pressure, which may be difficult to treat in spite of multiple medicines. Now research by Seva Polotsky and colleagues at Johns Hopkins points to differing effects of a hormone called leptin as potential targets. The […]