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Naloxone is pivotal in reversing opioid overdoses, and now the FDA has decided it can be sold without a prescription, so-called over the counter. Michael Fingerhood, a substance use disorder expert at Johns Hopkins, says there could be substantial downsides …

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Breast cancer is characterized by complexity, with receptor status and a host of other factors used to describe tumors and best treatments. Now a new study recounted by William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, may …

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Many people with rectal cancer were able to forgo radiation as part of their treatment with no increased risk of recurrence, a recent trial found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this is just …

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Non small cell lung cancer has historically been associated with a poor prognosis. Now things are improving, Elizabeth Tracey reports Expectations for people with lung cancer keep getting better, with a new study adding a drug to the regimen after …

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Germ line DNA is that DNA you’ve had in your body since birth. Many experts recommend that if you develop a cancer you should have this analyzed as well as changes to your DNA you’ve acquired to determine how best …

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Taking a look at someone’s genes when they have cancer is more and more common. One type of testing involves looking at the variations in an individual’s genes they’ve had since birth, so-called germline testing, to see if they are …

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Personomics, which takes an individual, personalized approach to medical care, is a term coined by Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ziegelstein says personomics is one part of a strategy to enable clinicians to …

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