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Do the devices known as pulse oximeters, which measure the amount of oxygen in someone’s blood, underestimate or overestimate this value in people with darker skin? Controversy swirls with release of data from an FDA funded study that runs counter …

What is up with pulse oximeters? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

In the last episode of our Nursing Grand Rounds series, ‘Bringing Inquiry to the Bedside,’ Stephanie Al-Adhami and Deborah Tildsley present their research project ‘Impact of Gaming on Critical Thinking and Assessment Skills Among New-to-Practice Nurses.’ Their research project examined the impact …

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The ICU is a high-stress environment that can strain the most functional team. Learn how the Neurocritical Care Unit at Johns Hopkins undertook a comprehensive culture transformation to repair team dynamics, why culture change is difficult and risky, and how …

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It can be hard to distinguish symptoms from a common cold, the flu, or even COVID-19, but it’s important to know they aren’t treated the same way. Dr. Christine Krueger explains what it means to have an “upper respiratory infection," …

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Feb 2026. Topics include cancers that may not need treatment right away, self collection of vaginal specimens for HPV, celecoxib and stage 3 colorectal cancer, and continuous versus fixed duration treatment for one type of leukemia.

Cognitive speed training using a computer to generate images and accelerate task completion was able to reduce the likelihood that an older person would receive an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis by 25%, a study by Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s expert Marilyn Albert …

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A novel study has shown that training the brain with cognitive speed training seems to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s disease expert and study author Marilyn Albert says that previous research simply compared what people who …

One type of brain training seems to be important in reducing Alzheimer’s disease risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

If you were asked to learn a computer based task that would require an hour twice a week for six weeks, and it was something you would largely have to learn to master on your own, would you sign up? …

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Working with images on a computer screen on a task that gets faster and more complex may reduce one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by 25% compared with a memory task or no training. Study author and Alzheimer’s disease expert …

How can we account for why cognitive speed training seems to reduce Alzheimer’s risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

When you have to teach yourself a task and adapt to having that task speed up, that’s one type of learning used in a study assessing different types of brain training and development of Alzheimer’s disease. Marilyn Albert, study author …

How does learning by yourself compare with instruction when it comes to preserving brain function? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →