Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

AKI and Transplant

Posted on March 16, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Kidney And Urinary Disorders, Transplant Urology

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Anchor lead: One way to make more kidneys available for transplant is to use those that may have some injury, Elizabeth Tracey reports Kidneys are in short supply for transplant, with thousands of people on transplant lists in the US …

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HPV Vaccine and Pap

Posted on March 16, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases

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Anchor lead: Just a single dose of the HPV vaccine may be helpful, Elizabeth Tracey reports Vaccines against human papilloma virus prevent cancer. Cancers of the cervix in women and cancers of the mouth and throat in both men and …

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Triple Negative

Posted on March 16, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Breast Health, Cancer, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Women with triple negative breast cancer have a new treatment option, Elizabeth Tracey reports Triple negative breast cancer, where the tumor lacks receptors for commonly used drugs, often has a poor prognosis. Now a treatment using chemotherapy and …

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COVID Concerns

Posted on March 16, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases

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Nurses are on the frontlines when it comes to managing infectious disease in the hospital, and COVID-19 is currently a big concern. Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has a message for them. Davidson: The important …

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After Death Sperm Donation

Posted on March 5, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Should sperm be collected from men after they’ve died? Elizabeth Tracey reports Posthumous sperm retrieval, where sperm is collected from a man after his death, has been underway for decades. Now there’s a movement afoot in the UK …

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Acute Kidney Injury

Posted on March 5, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Health Newsfeed, Kidney And Urinary Disorders, Patient Care

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reports Acute injury to the kidneys may occur in one in ten hospitalized people, recent estimates show. Measuring a protein in the blood known by the acronym SuPAR may help, according to a study in the New England Journal of …

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Sepsis Strategy

Posted on March 5, 2020 Posted in All Podcasts, Critical Care Medicine, Health Newsfeed, Infectious diseases, Patient Care

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Anchor lead: Can we head off sepsis with a simple strategy? Elizabeth Tracey reports Vitamin C, one of the B vitamins, and steroids. A simple combination that seemed to help in one observational trial of people with sepsis, that bodywide …

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