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Your chance of having a diagnosis missed when you visit an emergency department is 5.7%, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins has found. Newman-Toker says further analysis revealed the kinds of …
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When you go to an emergency department are you concerned that your health issue won’t be properly diagnosed? A study by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins has found the actual …
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Identifying loss of smell in an older adult may result in strategies to prevent frailty or even preoperative regimens to reduce risk. That’s according to Nicholas Rowan, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins and one author of a study correlating smell …
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Frailty is a condition that develops among older adults characterized by weight loss, inactivity, weakness, slow walking speed and exhaustion. Now a Johns Hopkins study shows that declining ability to smell may predict the development of frailty. Otolaryngologist Nicholas Rowan, …
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As you age, losses in your ability to smell may predict the development of frailty and increased risk for death, a Johns Hopkins study has shown. Nicholas Rowan, an otolaryngologist at Hopkins and one of the study’s authors, says a …
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One day soon, your doctor may be assessing your ability to smell as well as vision and hearing, if data from a Johns Hopkins study led by Nicholas Rowan, an otolaryngologist, and colleagues, is confirmed. The study examined data from …
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