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Alcohol is ubiquitous, especially as we approach the winter holidays. Denis Antoine, an alcohol use disorder or AUD expert at Johns Hopkins, says with something that’s around seemingly all of the time, it’s important to assess your own relationship to …

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Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis…these are all autoimmune diseases, where someone’s own immune system attacks the body, and women get them much more often than men, perhaps because their immune response is so robust. Sabra Klein, an expert in sex …

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When women complain of pain and systemic side effects of vaccination, it’s not all in their heads. Abundant research shows that indeed, women do have different immune responses. That’s according to sex and immunity expert Sabra Klein at Johns Hopkins. …

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Estrogen and progesterone are the most prominent sex hormones in females, while testosterone is prominent in males. Sabra Klein, an expert in sex differences in immune response at Johns Hopkins, says these hormones play critical roles in immunity. Klein: Just …

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Big differences in immune response exist between males and females, decades of research show, with Covid-19 responses providing the latest examples. Sabra Klein, an expert in sex differences in immunity at Johns Hopkins, says it’s not all a matter of …

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Human papilloma virus, or HPV, causes cancer. And we have a vaccine that can prevent infection, yet a recent study shows that almost a third of males worldwide are infected with high risk strains of the virus, especially younger males. …

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Liver cancer mortality appears to be increasing among Hispanic people in the United States, but there are geographic variations, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says these variations need to be understood better. Nelson: …

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