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Anchor lead: Pinpointing the cause of vaping related deaths is hampered by what is in vaping solutions, Elizabeth Tracey reports We don’t know what’s in many vaping solutions, and we don’t have the regulatory tools to compel ingredients to be …
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Anchor lead: A lack of knowledge led to our current vaping crisis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do e-cigarettes help people to stop using combustible cigarettes? Enid Neptune, a lung expert and tobacco activist at Johns Hopkins, says because the answer to …
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Anchor lead: Measuring how particles move through mucus may help manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide. Now a new study by Enid Neptune, a lung …
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Anchor lead: A proportion found throughout nature has a practical side, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Golden Ratio is a mystical measurement found not only in human skulls, as shown recently by Rafael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, but …
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What is the Golden Ratio? It’s a proportion found throughout nature, and now identified in human skulls. Raphael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, explains. Tamargo: We took 100 CT scans of normal patients, then did these measurements. And we found …
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Anchor lead: A molecule called leptin has multiple effects in obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is linked to high blood pressure, which may be difficult to treat in spite of multiple medicines. Now research by Seva Polotsky and colleagues at …
