Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: Remote visits to doctors may soon be coming to you, Elizabeth Tracey reports Telemedicine may soon get a big boost with proposed funding changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Redonda Miller, president of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, says treatment for things like stroke could be much improved with telemedicine implementation. […]

Anchor lead: Can nurses help surrogate decision makers for people in the intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who are making medical decisions for loved ones in the intensive care unit are called surrogates, and their task can be daunting. A new study looked at whether specially trained nurses could ease the burden of […]

Anchor lead: New recommendations have been released regarding colorectal cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve reached the age of 45, it’s time to schedule your first screening for colorectal cancer. And you can choose which screening test to use. That’s according to the American Cancer Society in their recently released updated guidelines. William Nelson, […]

Anchor lead: A genetic assay can help many with early breast cancer avoid chemotherapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports A widely available 21-gene assay can help women with so-called intermediate risk breast cancer avoid chemotherapy and simply stick to endocrine therapy, a study reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine found. William Nelson, director of […]

Anchor lead: If you’re infected with HIV, you don’t have to transmit it to others, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who are infected with HIV are essentially the same as those who aren’t as long as they’re taking the proper medications. That’s the take home from a new slogan being popularized by the Centers for Disease […]

Anchor lead: Recent free HIV testing underscores the need for all, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do you know your HIV status? A recent day of free HIV testing provided to all comers by many  drugstores and clinics nationally brings awareness to the fact that everyone should be tested for HIV, even and perhaps especially those who […]

Anchor lead: What is the impact of high profile suicides? Elizabeth Tracey reports Suicide can be contagious, research into rates of spates of suicide show. Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at Johns Hopkins, says when a prominent and well-known person chooses to end their life, the ripples can extend far and wide. Swartz: […]

Anchor lead: Women are increasingly using lethal means to commit suicide, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released disturbing data on the increasing rates of suicide nationally. Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at Johns Hopkins, says women are comprising more of this number. Swartz: Related to the suicide […]

Anchor lead: What factors lead to suicide among older people? Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression in older people is more difficult to treat and lasts longer than in younger people, a recent study reports. Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at Johns Hopkins, says the constellation of factors surrounding aging may be the culprit. Swartz: […]

Anchor lead: Just how big a factor is stress in our current suicide epidemic? Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression and anxiety are well known risk factors for suicide, but how about stress? Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist and depression expert at Johns Hopkins, says the relentless pace of modern life coupled with the influence of things like […]