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Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Doctors Cure Young Patient of Seizures Using Keto Diet

When she was 3 years old, Alana “Lani” Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought ...
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New NIH-Funded Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds High-Risk Individuals Who Have Mild Dilatation of the Pancreatic Duct Have Increased Risk for Pancreatic Cancer

“We are identifying pancreas duct dilatation as an early sign of pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals even when there ...
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Launch Projects Under the Cancer AI Alliance

The IDH gene was first discovered by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in 2008. That discovery, along with a ...
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Study of Babies Links Prematurity, Need for NICU Care with Childhood Hypertension

The researchers conclude that the findings underscore the need to screen prematurely born babies — and, in particular, those ...
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Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith, Who Discovered Molecular ‘Scissors’ to Cut DNA, Dies at 94

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize ...
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Protein Plays Unexpected Dual Role in Protecting Brain from Oxidative Stress Damage

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that the enzyme biliverdin reductase A (BVRA) plays a direct protective role against oxidative stress in neurons, independent of its role producing the ...
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Raising Diabetes Awareness: Johns Hopkins Medicine Adult and Pediatric Experts Available to Discuss

Adult and pediatric experts from @HopkinsMedicine, @EndoHopkins, and @HopkinsKids are available all month to raise diabetes awareness and discuss how the disease impacts adults and children.
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November Is Palliative Care Month

Experts say there is a growing intersection of patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses and addiction medicine, and in response, Johns Hopkins Medicine is now teaching generalist addiction ...
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Show Novel Immune System Boost Helps Fight Cancer Cells

In a new study, @HopkinsMedicine researchers found a way to build lasting tumor-fighting immunity and prevent cancer recurrence by turning “immune cool” tumors into “immune hot” ones. › In experiments ...
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Scientists Find Potential New Drug Target for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders

Scientists say their findings on how a critical brain protein functions may solve a decades-long mystery in molecular neuroscience. .@HopkinsMedicine scientists identified a potential target for drugs ...
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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 ...
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Hip Impingement

The exact cause of hip impingement is usually unknown. There are two main types of hip impingement defined by where deformity occurs in the joint: the femoral head or acetabulum. A physical exam, ...