Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Flu B

Posted on January 24, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases, Pediatrics

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Anchor lead: Flu infection is continuing at a high level, Elizabeth Tracey reports The CDC is reporting almost 5000 deaths from the flu so far this season, and while rates of new cases have dropped a bit from last week, …

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Reducing Staph

Posted on January 23, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases, Pediatrics

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Anchor lead: Should all parents of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit be treated for staph? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using a nasal ointment and a medicated wipe in parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit reduced how …

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Staph in the NICU

Posted on January 22, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases, Pediatrics

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Anchor lead: Can a simple intervention reduce a common infection in newborns? Elizabeth Tracey reports Bacteria known by the shorthand ‘staph’ can cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections in newborn babies, especially those in the neonatal intensive care unit or …

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Fasting Regimen

Posted on January 21, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Diet, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: If you choose to fast there are many ways to do so, Elizabeth Tracey reports Studies on fasting have utilized different patterns, such as eating only 600 calories two days per week and consuming a normal diet on …

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Fasting and Exercise

Posted on January 20, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Diet, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: If you choose to fast, should you also exercise? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve chosen a fasting regimen to improve your health, should you also exercise? Mark Mattson, a neurosciences researcher at Johns Hopkins and author of a …

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Fasting and Biology

Posted on January 17, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: How can fasting be good for us? Elizabeth Tracey reports Voluntarily restricting food intake allows our metabolism to use stored fat as an energy source, with a recent review paper by Mark Mattson, a neurosciences researcher at Johns …

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Benefits of Fasting

Posted on January 16, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Restricting food intake so your body experiences fasting may help your health, Elizabeth Tracey reports Fasting involves having your body use stored fat as an energy source, with a recent review paper by Mark Mattson, a neurosciences researcher …

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