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Anchor lead: When kids are educated about nutrition choices, does it help? Elizabeth Tracey reports Simply providing signage in corner grocery stores where kids shop may help inform their buying choices, a Johns Hopkins study led by Sara Bleich has …
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Anchor lead: A new method for imaging infections has been developed at Johns Hopkins, Elizabeth Tracey reports CT scans and MRIs are very good at detecting certain health problems, but they really aren’t very good at diagnosing infections. Now a …
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Anchor lead: Which tests can assess whether you have blockages in your heart’s blood vessels? Elizabeth Tracey reports Even a small amount of blockage in the heart’s blood vessels may be risky, a recent study concluded. Michael Blaha, a preventive …
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Anchor lead: No amount of plaque in the heart’s arteries is really safe, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with any degree of plaque buildup in the arteries in their heart are at increased risk for cardiovascular events, a recent study found. …
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Anchor lead: Inflammation can compromise some screening tests, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a current or former smoker, the ability of screening tests to detect lung tumors may be compromised if you have specific infections, common in certain regions of …
