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'Tis the Season to Keep Kids Safe and Healthy: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available for Interviews

As families celebrate by decking the halls, lighting menorahs and enjoying other activities, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center ...
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Novel Liver Cancer Vaccine Achieves Responses in Rare Disease Affecting Children and Young Adults

FLC is a rare liver cancer that affects approximately 500 people each year in the United States, typically healthy adolescents and young adults, explains lead study author Marina Baretti, M.D., an ...
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‘Zap-and-Freeze’ Technique Successfully Used to Watch Human Brain Cell Communication

In healthy brains, synaptic vesicles, or message-carrying bubbles within brain cells, help transfer information from cell to ...
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The Pterosaur Rapidly Evolved Flight Abilities, In Contrast to Modern Bird Ancestors, New Study Suggests

New findings add to evidence that enlarged brains seen in modern birds and presumably in their prehistoric ancestors were not the driver of pterosaurs’ ability to achieve flight, says @HopkinsMedicine ...
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Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals from Plastics Shown to Promote a Chronic Inflammatory Skin Condition

In patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, researchers discovered evidence that hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly found ...
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Scientists Get Detailed Look at Part of a Cellular ‘Stress’ Warning Protein

In an effort to reveal the inner workings of a protein that serves as a cell’s damage detection system, scientists at Johns ...
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Researchers Define Unique, Soft Tissue Benign Tumor with Bony Shell That May Previously Have Been Mistaken as Malignant

Paper in @ModernPathology (bit.ly/4ouqhoe) defines the OSET, a slow-growing, benign tumor w/ a bony shell that can be mistaken for malignancy. “A misdiagnosis could result in a patient receiving ...
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Study Shows Quitting Smoking Completely Is Best Way to Protect Your Health

In a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, new research from Johns Hopkins Medicine adds to existing evidence that smoking fewer cigarettes does not eliminate cardiovascular ...
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Grapefruit Benefits

Tangy, juicy, fragrant, with a versatile flavor all its own, the grapefruit originated on the island of Barbados, and is a cross between a sweet orange and a large citrus fruit called a pomelo. Here ...
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Knee Arthritis

Knee arthritis occurs when the cushioning cartilage in the joint wears down, making the knee stiff and painful with certain movements. Osteoarthritis — gradual, age-related degeneration of cartilage — ...
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The Return of Respiratory Viruses: Experts Available at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine experts will be available throughout the fall and winter to talk with your newsroom about the respiratory virus illnesses that, unfortunately, come along with the change in ...
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Johns Hopkins Study: Newborn Male Circumcision Rates in U.S. Dropped Between 2012 and 2022

Research letter in @JAMAPediatrics (bit.ly/42jDKqQ) from @HopkinsMedicine @JHUPath & @JohnsHopkinsSPH shows U.S. rates for neonatal male circumcision dropped significantly from 2012-2022. @AaronTobian ...