Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

People often express concerns about routine immunizations causing adverse reactions. Panagis Galiatsatos, a critical care expert at Johns Hopkins and community medicine advocate, says it’s always a good idea to manage your own expectations by becoming educated on what common …

Monitoring your own symptoms after vaccination helps identify adverse reactions, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Do you know about the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS? This organization tracks and investigates bad reactions people have after receiving a vaccine. Pharmacist Victoria DeJaco at Johns Hopkins says both you and the provider who administered the …

Reporting adverse events after receiving a vaccine helps you and others, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

If you’re an older adult or someone with chronic disease, now is a good time to consider getting vaccinated for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. That’s according to Johns Hopkins pharmacist Victoria DeJaco. Dejaco: It used to be that people …

Respiratory infection season is almost upon us, and older people in particular should pay attention to their vaccine status, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Being up to date on vaccines should be on the college prep list, says pharmacist Victoria DeJaco at Johns Hopkins. Dejaco: Definitely gonna want COVID or flu because those generally are going to be more prevalent. The season is going …

If you’re sending a child off to college what vaccines should they get? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Do you take vitamins? While the evidence is conflicting on whether they are beneficial for health the majority of US adults do take them, and frequently are confused over which ones are best. Pharmacist Victoria DeJaco at Johns Hopkins says …

Which type of vitamin is best? Your pharmacist knows, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

A large number of people who could benefit from medicines to reduce cholesterol and consequent cardiovascular risk aren’t taking them, a study by Caleb Alexander, a drug efficacy expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Alexander says this has …

Many people who could benefit from medicines to reduce their cardiovascular risk aren’t getting them, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Hepatitis C is a worldwide problem, with millions of people infected who don’t even know it. We do have effective treatment and untreated infection can result in liver failure and death, so a new study attempted to implement free testing …

What are the barriers to testing for hepatitis C in emergency departments? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

A new blood test used to screen people for colorectal cancer just isn’t ready to replace colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical tests, since these are capable of detecting early lesions that respond best to treatment. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer Center …

Could more targeted screening be helpful in colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

A new blood test for colorectal cancer finds advanced cancers well, but William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says when compared to the gold standard colonoscopy, or even stool tests used for screening, it falls …

Are there aspects to blood testing for colorectal cancer that undermine screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

A blood test can identify the majority of colorectal cancers, a new study finds, when compared with the gold standard, colonoscopy, for screening. Yet whether this test can be trusted when it says cancer is NOT present is another matter, …

Is there a role for a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →