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Dry air just isn’t good for your respiratory health, new research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Dry air makes mucus thicker and harder to expel, and traps both toxins and pathogens in our …

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When you’re in an environment where the air is dry, a whole cascade of responses renders you more susceptible to respiratory conditions and diseases. That’s according to research by respiratory health expert David Edwards at Johns Hopkins. Edwards: It's understood …

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As our planet warms, relative humidity hasn’t changed much but evaporation rate has increased, so things are dryer. This is a prescription for increased respiratory problems, says David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins.  Edwards: We took airway …

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Climate change and increasing temperatures are already taking a toll on your health, research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown.  Edwards: Airway mucosa is drying out, like the earth's top soil with warming temperatures, …

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We welcome Deborah Baker, senior vice president for nursing and chief nurse executive for the Johns Hopkins Health System, to the podcast. Under her leadership, Johns Hopkins Nursing set well-being as a strategic priority to ensure continued focus and investment …

Ep. 14 Making Well-Being a Strategic Priority: A Vital Conversation with Deborah Bake| Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Well-Being Read More »

The volume of electronic messages and time spent in the EHR has increased exponentially and is widely recognized as a contributor to healthcare worker burnout. Learn about Johns Hopkins Medicine’s “Great 8” Epic training and provider support initiative and other …

Ep. 13 Taming the EHR: work smarter and improve your work-life balance| Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Well-Being Read More »

In part 3 of the JHEBP series, Kim Bissett, EBP Coordinator for the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, and Heather Watson, Nurse Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Health System, cover Appendix B, the Question Development Tool. This tool helps EBP …

Episode 64: 5th Edition – Appendix B (Part 3) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry Read More »

We’re continuing our series on the Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Model, 5th Edition, with Kim Bissett, EBP Coordinator for the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing (IJHN). Kim and Heather Watson, Nurse Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Health System, discuss Appendix …

Episode 63: 5th Edition – Appendix A (Part 2) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry Read More »

It’s here! The Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice (JHEBP) Model and Guidelines, 5th Edition, will be available in mid-April – and today we’re kicking off a new series featuring the updated JHEBP tools: also known as Appendices A-J.  The authors …

Episode 62: Introducing the JHEBP 5th Edition (Part 1) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry Read More »

Findings on a routine EEG called sleep spindles may be helpful in determining if a nonresponsive person who’s had a brain injury will recover, a new study reveals. Susanne Muehlschlegel, a critical care neurologist at Johns Hopkins, says this may …

How is the decision on how long to continue life sustaining treatment made? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »