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Breathlessness clinic is a new approach at Johns Hopkins to assist people with chronic lung diseases to live their best lives with these often debilitating conditions. Anna Gersten, a lung expert and director of the clinic, explains who would benefit. …
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Being short of breath is a terrible feeling, most people agree, and it’s a feature of many lung diseases, especially as they progress. Lung expert Anna Gersten at Johns Hopkins describes how a breathlessness clinic came to be at Hopkins …
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High blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease found by the newly FDA approved blood test indicate the presence of two proteins in the brain called amyloid and tau. Abhay Moghakar, a neurologist and blood biomarkers expert at Johns Hopkins, says some …
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Let’s say you’ve taken the newly approved blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and the results indicate the presence of tau and amyloid in your brain, so you’re at risk. Abhay Moghakar, a neurologist and blood biomarkers expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
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A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease isn’t a stand alone diagnostic tool. That’s according to Abhay Moghekar, a blood biomarkers expert and a neurologist at Johns Hopkins. Moghekar: You would still need the clinical input in the context of …
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Will an FDA cleared blood test for Alzheimer’s disease ease or complicate diagnosis? Clearly in approving the test the FDA hopes for the former, yet the complete picture is more complex than that, says Abhay Moghekar, a blood biomarkers expert …
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