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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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Program notes: 0:15 Surgery is the last bastion? 1:15 Joy in working with the team 2:16 Everyone expected to speak up 3:20 Culture of safety 4:17 Teaching in the OR 5:15 Grow together, learn together 6:15 Have everybody introduce themselves …
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Anchor lead: Will a new, lower priced hearing aid encourage more people to use them? Elizabeth Tracey reports Have you or someone you love experienced hearing loss? You may know that such loss is usually progressive, leads to social isolation …
