Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: How are adolescents who overdose on opioids treated? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people experience a non-fatal opioid overdose treatment to curb addiction and help them avoid recurrence is indicated, yet only a very few adolescents receive such treatment. That’s according to research by Rachel Alinsky, an adolescent medicine expert at Johns Hopkins. Alinsky: […]

Anchor lead: Different ethnicities have differing rates of diabetes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Your risk of developing type 2 diabetes may depend in part on your race or ethnicity, a recent study found. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, explains. Kalyani: This study really broke down what are the ethnic subgroups that may have […]

Anchor lead: A program called ‘ADAP’ is helping raising awareness of depression in adolescents, Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression is a major factor in the increasing rate of suicide among adolescents, and a program to help, known by the acronym ADAP, developed by Karen Swartz, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, is now poised to […]

Anchor lead: Flu infection is continuing at a high level, Elizabeth Tracey reports The CDC is reporting almost 5000 deaths from the flu so far this season, and while rates of new cases have dropped a bit from last week, they remain high. Aaron Milstone, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says there are […]

Anchor lead: Should all parents of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit be treated for staph? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using a nasal ointment and a medicated wipe in parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit reduced how often the babies were infected with bacteria known as ‘staph’ by more than fifty percent, […]

Anchor lead: Can a simple intervention reduce a common infection in newborns? Elizabeth Tracey reports Bacteria known by the shorthand ‘staph’ can cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections in newborn babies, especially those in the neonatal intensive care unit or NICU. Now a new study by Aaron Milstone, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at Johns […]

Anchor lead: If you choose to fast there are many ways to do so, Elizabeth Tracey reports Studies on fasting have utilized different patterns, such as eating only 600 calories two days per week and consuming a normal diet on other days, but Mark Mattson, a neurosciences researcher at Johns Hopkins and author of a […]

Anchor lead: If you choose to fast, should you also exercise? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve chosen a fasting regimen to improve your health, should you also exercise? Mark Mattson, a neurosciences researcher at Johns Hopkins and author of a recent paper on fasting, says the answer is a resounding yes. Mattson: If you work […]

Anchor lead: Now that some people have been vaping for years, we’re beginning to see the damage, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who use electronic cigarettes are still at risk for a host of chronic lung diseases, new evidence concludes. This is especially true for those who use both combustible and electronic nicotine products, the study […]

Anchor lead: What will be the impact of federal government action to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21? Elizabeth Tracey reports You’ll have to be 21 anywhere in the US to buy tobacco products legally, new federal legislation provides. Panagis Galiatsatos, a lung expert at Johns Hopkins, hopes it helps in our […]