Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: What are the barriers to clinical trial participation if you have cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports It can be really hard to participate in a clinical trial for cancer therapies, even if you want to. That’s according to a recent study examining barriers to such trials. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center […]

Anchor lead: If we find out who’s at risk for esophagus cancer we may be able to help, Elizabeth Tracey reports Barrett’s esophagus is a condition that often precedes development of esophageal cancer, with its dismal survival statistics. Stephen Meltzer and colleagues at Johns Hopkins have developed a novel method to screen people for Barrett’s […]

Anchor lead: Can a new method reduce the increasing numbers of cases of esophageal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cancer of the esophagus is a killer, with only about one in five people surviving for five years after diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society. Now a test combining biomarkers and a novel retrieval method developed […]

Anchor lead: A new method may predict who might develop esophageal cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Cancer of the esophagus is on the rise, and it has a very poor prognosis. Now a new method of sampling cells from the esophagus developed by Stephen Meltzer and colleagues at Johns Hopkins may help diagnose a precancerous condition […]

Anchor lead: How can a program called CAPABLE help elders age in place? Elizabeth Tracey reports CAPABLE is the name of an intervention that helps older people remain in their homes as they age, and it’s a win-win, a recent study found. Sarah Szanton, one of the program’s developers and authors of the study, describes […]

Anchor lead: Can a program called CAPABLE help elders age in place? Elizabeth Tracey reports Older people overwhelmingly say they want to remain in their own homes as they age, and a program called CAPABLE, developed by Sarah Szanton in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and colleagues, helps them do just that. And Szanton […]

Anchor lead: Compounded pain creams are no better than those available over the counter, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have pain due to arthritis or injury, pain creams that you apply to the skin may be one option. But don’t obtain a personalized, compounded pain cream. That’s according to Steven Cohen, a pain expert at […]

Anchor lead: Would PET scans be helpful for people with post treatment Lyme disease syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports PET scans may be helpful in assessing people who still complain of Lyme disease symptoms months or years after treatment, so-called post treatment Lyme disease syndrome, or PTLDS. That’s because PET scans can visualize a protein associated […]

Anchor lead: What is the role of inflammation in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Inflammation in the brain may play a role in so-called post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, or PTLDS, research by Jennifer Coughlin and colleagues at Johns Hopkins has shown. Coughlin says her previous work looking at the brains of athletes who’ve […]

Anchor lead: We may have a handle on why some people have persistent symptoms after having Lyme disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Post treatment Lyme disease syndrome or PTLDS is the condition where people continue to experience symptoms of Lyme disease months or even years after they’ve been treated. Now Jennifer Coughlin and colleagues at Johns […]