Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: When someone gets peer support, avoiding rehospitalization is more likely, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have been hospitalized for mental illness and had the support of someone in the community who had already had such an experience were more likely to remain out of the hospital, a recent study in the Lancet showed. […]

Anchor lead: Social isolation may have much to do will poor health in older people, Elizabeth Tracey reports Having few social interactions is increasingly associated with poor health outcomes, many studies are reporting, and the problem is especially acute for older people. Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, says there are […]

Anchor lead: If you don’t drink alcohol and you’re worried about Alzheimer’s disease, what should you do? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who drink alcohol moderately in middle age seem to develop Alzheimer’s disease less often than those who don’t drink at all or who drink heavily. If you’re a teetotaler, does this mean you should […]

Anchor lead: Why does moderate alcohol consumption seem to protect against Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who drink alcohol in moderation – one to two drinks per day from midlife on – appear to have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease than those who drink more than that, but also, and surprisingly, those who […]

Anchor lead: Quantity and timing of alcohol consumption may affect Alzheimer’s development, Elizabeth Tracey reports Drinking moderately in your middle years may protect you against Alzheimer’s disease later, a recent study in the British Medical Journal found. Sevil Yasar, whose editorial accompanied the publication and a neurologist at Johns Hopkins, describes the study. Yasar: It […]

Anchor lead: Having an acidic environment inside some cells in the brain may be a factor in Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Cells in your body have a variety of compartments within them, one of which is called an endosome. Rajini Rao and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, have furthered research based on an observation about […]

Anchor lead: Can a polio virus help treat brain cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports The polio virus infects nerves. That fact was exploited in a recent study looking at the ability of a modified polio virus to treat advanced brain cancers, with about one-fifth of study subjects still alive many months after treatment. William Nelson, director […]

Anchor lead: A new marker may help distinguish more dangerous ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A newly identified marker for ovarian cancer may help stratify those cancers that have a worse prognosis, and perhaps indicate that greater vigilance with regard to disease progression is needed. That’s according to Mariana Brait, a cancer researcher at Johns […]

Anchor lead: Palliative care may assure that end of life goals are met, Elizabeth Tracey reports Is your physician comfortable talking about end of life issues? If not you could be in for a lot more intervention at the end of life than you want, a recent study showed. Rab Razzak, a palliative care expert […]

Anchor lead: If you’re confronting end of life issues, a frank discussion with your physician is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports Depending on the physician, many more interventions may be used at the end of life, a recent study found, and this was based on a physician’s comfort level with end of life care. So if […]