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People with lung conditions like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, abbreviated COPD, rely on air conditioning in the summer to help keep their symptoms from getting much worse. William Checkley, a lung health expert at Johns Hopkins, says it’s …

If you don’t use AC properly you may make lung problems worse, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

If you have any respiratory issues you likely benefit from air conditioning when the weather is hot. Lung health expert William Checkley at Johns Hopkins says you must be aware of the system’s maintenance requirements to reap its benefits. Checkley: …

Proper AC maintenance is key to healthful use, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

For many people air conditioning is important for alleviating symptoms of chronic respiratory disease, but Johns Hopkins lung health expert William Checkley says it’s still necessary to be aware of how AC can impact on the function of your respiratory …

Sometimes air conditioning can compromise your respiratory health, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

As the northern hemisphere enters full summer, many people shut their windows and turn on the air conditioning, or AC. William Checkley, a lung health expert at Johns Hopkins, says as with many things in life, it’s important to have …

While AC is great at making us feel comfortable it’s also important for health, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

In part 4, the focus is on Appendix C, or the Searching and Screening Tool. Appendix C helps guide the EBP team through the steps of searching for evidence that will answer their EBP question. Kim Bissett, EBP Coordinator for …

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We’re taking a (temporary) break from our series on JHEBP tools to cover a new topic: abstract writing! Heather Watson, Nurse Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Health System, and Marlena Fisher, Nurse Inquiry Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Center for …

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Mismatch repair is just what it sounds like: when a cell divides and makes new DNA strands when a mistake is made it repairs them. Some types of cancers with a mismatch repair mutation may now be treated with an …

Different types of tumors with a specific mutation may not need surgery, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Genetic analysis of most cancers is becoming more commonplace, and now identification of one specific mutation called a mismatch repair may allow people to avoid surgery entirely. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson explains. Nelson: What they started …

Are there cancers where surgery may be entirely avoided? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

More types of gut bacteria, or greater diversity, the healthier your microbiome. That’s one message of a recent review looking at the impact of microbiome health on cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins explains how gut …

Which types of cancer treatment are impacted by the gut microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

A recent review in the Journal of the American Medical Association asserts that the diversity of bacteria in your colon impact on the likelihood that you’ll develop cancer as well as how you may respond to treatment. William Nelson, director …

If your gut microbiome isn’t healthy, is there anything that can be done about it? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →