Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Anchor lead: Pinpointing the cause of vaping related deaths is hampered by what is in vaping solutions, Elizabeth Tracey reports We don’t know what’s in many vaping solutions, and we don’t have the regulatory tools to compel ingredients to be disclosed. That’s according to Enid Nepture, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins. […]

Anchor lead: A lack of knowledge led to our current vaping crisis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do e-cigarettes help people to stop using combustible cigarettes? Enid Neptune, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins, says because the answer to that question was not known, the stage was set for vaping to become the public […]

Anchor lead: Could a diet help people with one type of leukemia control the disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports One type of leukemia may respond to reducing the amount of serine, an amino acid, in the diet, research by Brian Dalton, a leukemia expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Dalton says employing such a […]

Anchor lead: A molecule called leptin has multiple effects in obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is linked to high blood pressure, which may be difficult to treat in spite of multiple medicines. Now research by Seva Polotsky and colleagues at Johns Hopkins points to differing effects of a hormone called leptin as potential targets. The […]

Anchor lead: Improved understanding of heart pathology may help young people avoid sudden cardiac death, Elizabeth Tracey reports We’ve all heard the stories: a young athlete collapses on the playing field and dies. Pathology reveals a heart problem called arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, which is inherited. Stephen Chelko, a cardiology researcher at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, reveal the […]

Anchor lead: Hope is here for cure of drug resistant tuberculosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pretomanid is the name of a drug recently approved by the FDA for drug resistant tuberculosis, or TB, the type of infection that caused panic among airline passengers recently when it was revealed that someone with the bug was aboard. While […]

Anchor lead: Some people with multiple sclerosis repair their own damage, Elizabeth Tracey reports OPC is the acronym for a cell that seems to be involved in multiple sclerosis, both having the capacity to repair the insulation around nerve cells called myelin, but also promoting the disease process when inflammation is present, as shown recently […]

Anchor lead: A cell known by the acronym OPC may be critical in worsening MS, Elizabeth Tracey reports Multiple sclerosis, where the body attacks the insulation around nerve cells known as myelin, affects almost a million people in the United States alone, often resulting in disability and sometimes death. Now research by Peter Calabresi, an […]

Anchor lead: Many healthcare workers will no longer need an annual TB test, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who work in healthcare have had annual tuberculosis tests for many years, but that’s changing. At Johns Hopkins people are tested when they begin working and then only if they’ve been exposed afterward. Richard Chaisson, a TB expert […]

Anchor lead: A new combination regimen for tuberculosis is a game changer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Drug resistant tuberculosis is a killer, but now a drug recently approved by the FDA, called Pretomanid, in combination with two existing drugs, can help. Richard Chaisson, a TB expert at Johns Hopkins, describes its impact. Chaisson: The disease it’s […]