Can GLP-1 agonists help in heart failure and severe obesity? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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There’s a relationship between severe obesity and one type of heart failure, and it looks like it’s mediated by adding more phosphate groups, a process known as phosphorylation, to proteins in heart muscle cells, specifically to units within the muscle …
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What is severe obesity doing to the heart muscle’s ability to contract? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Severe obesity may impede the ability of units inside heart muscle cells called sarcomeres to contract, and losing weight may reverse that condition. That’s according to research by cardiologist David Kass and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, who looked closely at …
How is obesity related to a common form of heart failure? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, so-called HFpEF, is happening more frequently, especially in those with severe obesity. David Kass, a cardiologist and researcher at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, have looked closely at heart muscle cells from this group of …
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Ep: 11 Decisions Your Loved Ones Shouldn’t Have to Guess | Medicine Made General
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Would your loved ones know what to do if they had to make medical decisions on your behalf? For National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, Dr. Ivy Akid joins Medicine Made General to explain why planning ahead isn’t about …
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Ep 23: Leading Through Uncertainty: The Power of Listening in Times of Change | Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Well-Being
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A deep dive into leading through uncertainty, this episode explores practical tools for navigating change and transition, highlights listening as a critical leadership skill, and offers principles for authentic communication that every leader can use. Access the podcast here. Have an …
A model of your brain may one day be grown in a lab, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Brain organoids, collections of cells found in the brain, have been grown from blood samples of people with Alzheimer’s disease and used to assess the impact of a drug called escitalopram in a new study. Vasiliki Machairaki, study leader and …
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