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Your vascular system consists of your heart and blood vessels, and its health has a lot to do with whether you will develop dementia as you get older. That’s according to Anja Soldan, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Soldan: …

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Avoiding dementia is high on the list in most people’s plan for aging well. Anja Soldan, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, offers a place to start. Soldan: What I always like to say is what’s good for your …

If you’re concerned about your dementia risk you may want to involve your heart, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Lasers, which produce light at specific wavelengths, have been used for some time now to treat various aspects of skin aging since they can remove top layers of skin and stimulate the collagen underneath. Noori Kim, a dermatologist at Johns …

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Most of us have heard of Botox and its cousins, which paralyze muscles. When used on muscles in the face this can reduce wrinkling. Johns Hopkins dermatologist Noori Kim says these treatments belong to a class called ‘neuromodulators’ and can …

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People who are newly diagnosed with melanoma that has already spread throughout their bodies or can’t be removed surgically have a new treatment option, a recent study finds. The treatment uses two so-called ‘immune checkpoint inhibitors’ explains William Nelson, director …

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Are Covid-19 vaccines still effective in people who’ve undergone treatment for so-called solid organ cancers, such as breast or prostate? The answer seems to be yes, based on a recent study looking at antibody levels to the virus’s spike protein …

Do people who’ve been treated for cancers like breast or prostate need to worry about their response to Covid vaccines?Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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The combination of a drug called abiraterone with others routinely used in prostate cancer helps men with one stage of the disease remain disease free longer, two new studies find. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns …

A new strategy to manage some more advanced prostate cancers is proving successful, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »