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Who is suitable for a breathlessness clinic visit? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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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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What is a breathlessness clinic? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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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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What are current studies doing when high levels of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s are found? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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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 …
What are your options if a new blood test says you are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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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 …
People who develop dementia as they age most often have a mixed type, Elizabeth Tracey reports
A truly comprehensive test for Alzheimer’s disease may be on the horizon, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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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 …