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If you’ve been diagnosed with the skin cancer melanoma, treatment may involve taking a look at your lymph nodes near the cancer to assess spread, called a sentinel node biopsy. Used to be that if cancer was found there all …

It may be possible to simply keep an eye on some people with melanoma rather than remove all their lymph nodes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Treatment for some types of cancer involves taking a look at lymph nodes nearby and removing them if cancer is found. That’s often the case with the skin cancer melanoma, but a new study looks at outcomes among people with …

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Helping someone whose hearing is compromised requires not just hearing aids but an assessment of the hearing loss and instruction on how to use the devices. That’s according to Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins, who’s just published a …

What is needed to have comprehensive hearing assessments covered by insurers? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Hearing aids can slow cognitive decline, improve communication and maintain social connections, a study by Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Lin says that while sales of hearing aids over the counter will improve uptake, …

How can people learn how to use hearing aids best? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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What is it about hearing aid use that helps slow cognitive decline in those at risk, as shown in a recent study led by Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins? Lin says hearing aids may boost sound so the …

Why does hearing aid use slow cognitive decline? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Imagine a drug that could slow the rate of cognitive decline among those at risk by fifty percent. That’s the benefit of hearing aid use shown in a recent study by Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues.  …

Even without a cognition benefit hearing aids are still worth using, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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For people who have hearing loss and other risk factors for cognitive decline, hearing aid use slowed down that cognitive decline dramatically, a study by Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins and colleagues shows. Yet for those without risk …

Do healthy people with hearing loss benefit from hearing aids? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »