Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: What should you do if you find something amiss in your medical record? Elizabeth Tracey reports Open Notes is an effort to ensure that patients can see and review their complete medical chart, with some studies finding that when physicians use language patients find troubling, it can compromise trust. Tatiana Prowell, a breast […]

Anchor lead: What’s the impact of words physicians choose on patients? Elizabeth Tracey reports When you hear the word obese, does that sound different to you than fat? How about non-compliant versus forgets to take medicine? Such phraseology is important in physician interactions with patients, according to Tatiana Prowell, a breast cancer expert at Johns […]

Anchor lead: The American Academy of Pediatrics now supports bariatric surgery for some under the age of 18, Elizabeth Tracey reports Severely obese children and adolescents should have access to weight loss or bariatric surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics has stated. Kimberly Steele, an adolescent bariatric surgery expert at Johns Hopkins, comments. Steele: This […]

Anchor lead: Is bariatric surgery cost effective in the long run? Elizabeth Tracey reports Men who had bariatric surgery 10 years ago didn’t have lower healthcare costs overall than men who did not, a recent study in the Veteran’s Administration health system showed. Kimberly Steele, a bariatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins, says those who undergo […]

Anchor lead: It’s not just exercise, you really need to move more all around, Elizabeth Tracey reports Did you know that how much you move on a daily basis is the most accurate predictor of your mortality risk? That’s not just the hours you clock at the gym or the miles you run, it’s how […]

Anchor lead: It’s not just exercise that predicts mortality risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports How often do you move around during the day? Do you find it easy to continue moving once you start? These are the kinds of patterns that wearable physical activity trackers help to identify, and according to research by Jacek Urbanek and […]

Anchor lead: What does how much you move predict about how long you’ll live? Elizabeth Tracey reports Wearable devices similar to Fitbits may be the most accurate method of predicting mortality risk, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers led by Jacek Urbanek has found.  Urbanek: We found that characteristics of physical activity are very good […]

Anchor lead: An even more powerful new gene editing tool has arrived, Elizabeth Tracey reports CRISPR Cas 9, the gene editing tool, has been in the news for some time now as Chinese and Russian scientists announce editing of human embryos. Now an even more powerful version has arrived, and Jeffrey Kahn, director of the […]

Anchor lead: How often are women with breast cancer offered genetic testing? Elizabeth Tracey reports Only about a third of women with breast cancer were offered genetic screening, a recent study found, but such testing is cost effective. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says one of the greatest benefits […]

Anchor lead: A combination therapy improves survival for ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ovarian cancer survival is improved using a combination treatment developed in a partnership between two pharmaceutical giants, their recent study showed. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, describes the results. Nelson: In the group that would have […]