Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: Should postmenopausal women have their testosterone level measured? Elizabeth Tracey reports How can we explain why women who’ve experienced menopause have a much increased risk of cardiovascular disease? The culprit may be higher testosterone levels, research by Erin Michos, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Testosterone is a type of […]

Anchor lead: A new clinic at Johns Hopkins takes a comprehensive approach to pain management, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pain relief can be achieved without opioid medications or with limited use, but it takes a team of people to treat the many facets of pain. That’s according to Maria Hanna, a pain expert at Johns Hopkins […]

Anchor lead: What works best to help smokers quit? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many current smokers who are invited to make an attempt to quit turn down the invitation, a study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine shows. In fact, only 20% of the 6000 smokers queried joined in the study. Enid Neptune, […]

Anchor lead: A new committee hopes to inform e-cigarette use worldwide, Elizabeth Tracey reports In honor of World No Tobacco Day, an international committee has developed a policy brief to help inform lawmakers worldwide in regulating e-cigarettes, which are poised to addict a new generation to nicotine. Enid Neptune, a lung expert and tobacco activist […]

Anchor lead: Should the public health community change its ways on e-cigarettes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Pubic health researchers have largely adopted the idea that e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible cigarettes and therefore are preferable, but Enid Neptune, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins, says these views have morphed into other conclusions […]

Anchor lead: A new law restricting flavored tobacco products has been upheld in California, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city of San Francisco was being challenged by big tobacco, but has been upheld by voters, making the city the most restrictive in the nation with regard […]

Anchor lead: If you’re told your infant has tongue tie, should it be treated? Elizabeth Tracey reports Women are encouraged to breastfeed their infants, but a condition called ‘tongue tie,’ where the infant’s tongue may have additional tissue beneath it that reduces its mobility, is sometimes the reason breastfeeding is difficult or impossible. Yet increasing […]

Anchor lead: Is a condition called tongue tie in infants associated with lower rates of breastfeeding? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some infants have a bit of tissue beneath their tongues that renders it somewhat less mobile, and may compromise their ability to breastfeed. At least that’s the theory, but Jonathan Walsh, a pediatric head and neck […]

Anchor lead: Johns Hopkins is providing rehab services at a gym, Elizabeth Tracey reports Rehabilitation and exercise often go hand in hand, and now Johns Hopkins has taken that to the next level in providing rehab services in a local exercise facility. Pablo Celnik, director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins, describes the […]

Anchor lead: Using chemotherapy inside the bladder may reduce recurrence, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with early bladder cancer who had the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine placed inside the bladder following surgery to remove the tumor had fewer recurrences, a recent study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, explains the trial. […]