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Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts — 45 episodes
Several strategies seem to help in keeping mosquitoes out of your yard, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Keeping your backyard barbecue free of mosquitoes is possible, Elizabeth Tracey reports
How often can a blood test predict cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Will a blood test compel more people to be screened for lung cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can a blood test improve lung cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Just how expensive could it be to screen populations of people for cancer using blood tests? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should blood tests to screen for cancer be used on a population basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How do GLP-1 agonists compare against other strategies for weight reduction and cancer risk reduction? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How are one class of diabetes drugs related to cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can anything be done to ward off mosquitoes? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Do mosquitoes have preferences when it comes to who they bite? Elizabeth Tracey reports
It’s the touch that finally does it when a mosquito is looking to feed, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Body odors work in concert with carbon dioxide to tip mosquitoes off to our presence, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What’s the first clue to a mosquito that there’s a human around? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should you be concerned about a malaria comeback in the US? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Now that summer is here mosquitoes are all around us, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can a new method for developing CAR-T cells to treat cancer be expanded? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can donor CAR-T cells have an impact on cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Are CAR-T cells coming into their own as therapeutic agents? Elizabeth Tracey reports
A new drug for pancreas cancer may be a game changer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Certain groups of people seem to be missing out when it comes to optimizing cardiovascular disease prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What markers are found in blood that indicate cardiovascular risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What does a blood marker called lipoprotein A have to do with your risk for cardiovascular disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What’s involved in lowering your risk for cardiovascular disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Becoming educated about your own cardiovascular risk is pivotal to prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Monitoring cholesterol and other factors should be done regularly to prevent cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What LDL cholesterol level should you be aiming for? Elizabeth Tracey reports
The first strategy to improve blood cholesterol levels in lifestyle management, Elizabeth Tracey reports
New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology for cholesterol guidelines are here, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should you have a commercially advertised cancer detection test? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can epigenetics point the way to treatment for pancreas cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What do gut bacteria have to do with breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What does too many copies of a part of a chromosome in pancreas cancer tell us? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can too many copies of a gene drive pancreas cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Why do kids 9-11 years of age need a cholesterol test? Elizabeth Tracey reports
There’s a very good reason to test preadolescents’ cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports
There’s a test your adolescent should have to help avoid cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Even kids who appear very healthy can have very high cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports
New cholesterol screening guidelines capture childhood risk, too, Elizabeth Tracey reports
How did the current situation with kratom develop? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What is the likelihood that you’ll experience a problem with a product labeled as kratom? Elizabeth Tracey reports
If you have a bad experience after taking kratom, can medical professionals help?
Consuming kratom products may result in an ED visit, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Kratom is accounting for a dramatic rise in ED visits, Elizabeth Tracey reports