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Nivolumab is the name of an immunotherapy used to treat cancer, and a recent study of people with lung cancer using it before surgery shows it really helps. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson explains. Nelson: Three hundred …

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Do you use e-cigarettes? If you’re a younger person you may have started out using them occasionally but are now a more regular user, or you may have attempted to quit be haven’t been able to do so. That’s what’s …

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If you’ve been using electronic cigarettes and attempt to quit but can’t, are you addicted? That’s one interpretation of a recent study among US youth, showing that since the introduction of e-cigarettes more unsuccessful quit attempts have been seen. Michael …

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Youth who take up vaping may have difficulty quitting, a recent analysis from the Monitoring the Future study looking at nicotine use among US 8th, 10th and 12th graders finds. Michael Blaha, an anti-smoking advocate and cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says he’s …

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While fewer young people seem to be taking up vaping, those who have are having a hard time quitting, recent research shows. Michael Blaha, an anti-smoking advocate and cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says the very nature of the devices lend …

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Vaping and use of e-cigarettes has largely been a trend of youth since their introduction several years ago. Now new research shows that when young people attempt to stop using these products they are largely failing to do so. Michael …

More young people are trying to stop vaping and failing, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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When the diabetes medicine metformin is taken by men in the three months prior to conception of sons, it may increase the risk for genital and urinary tract malformations three and a half times, a Danish study finds. Rita Kalyani, …

Looking at medicines prospective fathers are taking may be as important as those being taken by prospective mothers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »