Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: Can an app help keep high blood pressure in check? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure who used an app to keep track of their medicines to control the condition didn’t have lower blood pressures than those who didn’t use the app, a recent study found. Seth Martin, a cardiologist at […]

Anchor lead: What is the role of newer diabetes medicines in managing the condition? Elizabeth Tracey reports Newer diabetes medicines use a number of acronyms to describe them, and are largely used after the first line therapy, metformin, isn’t working by itself. Now a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association makes […]

Anchor lead: A recent national report looks at the state of nursing, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new national report looks at how nurses are faring around the country. Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, says there were some common problems. Davidson: Things that were identified in that article were compulsory overtime, […]

Anchor lead: If you only have high blood pressure when you’re in your doctor’s office you may still be at risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people see their blood pressure go up when it’s measured in the doctor’s office, only to fall again once they’re elsewhere, a phenomenon called ‘white coat hypertension.’ Now a major […]

Anchor lead: High blood pressure may escape detection in the doctor’s office but be very risky, Elizabeth Tracey reports Masked hypertension describes the case where a person’s blood pressure is normal while in a physician’s office, but is high elsewhere. A recent very large study in Spain using 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements identified […]

Anchor lead: Measuring blood pressure over 24 hours while someone is out and about may be the best way for many, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure measurements are both more accurate and helpful when measured over 24 hours while someone is going about their daily activities, a very large study from Spain reported recently. Seth […]

Anchor lead: Programs providing support for children benefit us all, Elizabeth Tracey reports Social support programs are in the crosshairs when it comes to government cost-cutting, particularly those for children, but a recent report demonstrates that such strategies don’t work out in the long term, for individuals or society. Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns […]

Anchor lead: How long should someone take an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports A recent report cited troubling symptoms for some people when they stop taking antidepressant medications. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins who assisted in the report’s data analysis, says for short term treatment, there are guidelines. Mojtabi: If you go to practice […]

Anchor lead: How troubling is it to stop taking an antidepressant? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people who take medicines to combat depression experience a range of troubling symptoms when they stop, a recent report found. Ramin Mojtabi, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins who contributed to the report, says a range of effects have been noted. […]

Anchor lead: Can eating a Mediterranean-type diet improve cancer survival? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with colon cancer who had been treated for their cancer and who consumed a healthy diet, were physically active and practiced other healthful behaviors lived longer without a cancer recurrence than those who did not, a recent study found. William Nelson, […]