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Using a substitute for salt in your cooking and eating can meaningfully reduce your blood pressure and risk for cardiovascular disease, a couple of new studies demonstrate. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth Martin says these studies have a clear take home …

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Antiviral medicines for monkeypox infection do exist, but Noreen Hynes, an infectious diseases expert at Johns Hopkins, says unless you are immunocompromised or live in circumstances where you might put others at risk of infection if you have monkeypox, you …

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With limited amounts of monkeypox vaccine available globally, what is the best strategy to use it? Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says targeted vaccination is most likely to help. Adalja: When we think …

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Monkeypox, much like its close cousin smallpox, does not seem to be contagious in those who don’t have symptoms. That’s according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar Amesh Adalja. Adalja: When you think about what makes a …

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Monkeypox doesn’t spread as easily as many other infectious diseases, says Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Adalja compares monkeypox spread within households with other viruses. Adalja: When you look at the household attack …

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Even as Covid continues apace, monkeypox has emerged and is spreading around the world. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar Amesh Adalja says transmission to you is only likely under specific circumstances, for a virus that usually spreads …

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Perhaps you’ve reported your own blood pressure measurements or blood sugar to your physician. So called patient reported data that is monitored by a nurse helped make cancer treatment just a little bit smoother and easier, a new study finds. …

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