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When blood flows backward from your left ventricle to your left atrium, that’s due to leakage of the mitral valve, found between these two chambers. Cardiovascular surgeon James Gammie at Johns Hopkins says there are different ways to develop this …

Mitral valve leakage can be caused by several different heart problems, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Between the chambers on the left side of your heart is a valve called the mitral valve, designed to prevent blood from flowing backward when the heart squeezes. Cardiovascular surgeon James Gammie at Johns Hopkins says this valve is most …

Among the valves in your heart the most likely to leak is the mitral valve, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Food deserts are places where it’s hard to find nutritious food. Now a new metric called ‘food swamps’ include the presence of fast food and convenience stores in these same places, and they’re associated with an increased risk for cancer. …

What is a food swamp and how does it impact your risk for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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High breast density has added complexity to the value of screening mammography, and now a new wrinkle has emerged, with a recent study showing that different densities in each breast can be a risk factor for breast cancer. William Nelson, …

Different densities in either breast has complicated interpretation of screening mammography, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Pancreas cancer is deadly, but now a vaccine using mRNA technology may improve the odds. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson describes a new study. Nelson: What they've done here is they use the information that you can …

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Breast cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer – these are just a few of the cancers known to be associated with obesity. Now a new study adds metabolic risk factors to the profile. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns …

What does a combination of metabolic risk factors and obesity reveal about cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Obesity is a risk factor for several types of cancer, with a new study looking at additional metabolic risk factors to further define it, and giving rise to the idea of metabolically healthy versus unhealthy obesity. William Nelson, director of …

Just how big a contributor to cancer risk is obesity? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »