Look-Back Study Suggests Some Major Scoliosis Surgeries Can Be Avoided supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 3:01 PM ISTIn a look-back study of medical records, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concluded that a major operation to fuse the spines of children with a...
Scientists find way to stop asthma attack supriya kashyap kashyap4 Dec 2016 12:25 PM IST Washington : In a recent research, scientists from Johns Hopkins have identified a critical cellular "off" switch for the inflammatory immune...
Modified Skin Biopsy in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy shows promise: John Hopkins Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 July 2017 10:41 AM ISTJohns Hopkins physicians report success in a small study of a modified skin biopsy that hastens the earlier diagnosis of an inherited and...
Quantifying effectiveness of treatment for irregular heartbeat: AHA update Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 July 2017 2:49 PM ISTIn a small proof-of-concept study, researchers at Johns Hopkins report a complex mathematical method to measure electrical communications within the...
Constant birth support tied to better outcomes for mothers and babies Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 July 2017 10:30 AM ISTMothers who receive continuous support during labor from a partner, friend or hospital worker may be less likely to need pain medications or have a...
Experts recommend fewer lab tests for hospitalized patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli25 Oct 2017 7:27 PM ISTIn a review article publishing this week in JAMA Internal Medicine, physicians at Johns Hopkins, along with experts from several other institutions...
Scientists track ovarian cancers to site of origin: Fallopian tubes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTSome scientists have suspected that the most common form of ovarian cancer may originate in the fallopian tubes, the thin fibrous tunnels that connect...
Moderate coffee drinking associated with positive health benefits Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTDrinking coffee is "more likely to benefit health than to harm it" for a range of health outcomes, say researchers in The BMJ today.They bring...
Feeding Eggs to infants enhances brain development Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTFeeding eggs to infants could provide them with key nutrients for better brains.A study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis...
Diet rich in apples and tomatoes restores lung damage caused by smoking Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTA study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found the natural decline in lung function over a 10-year period was slower among...
Opioids not superior to NSAIDs for arthritis or chronic back pain : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 March 2018 8:00 PM ISTDr.Erin E. Krebs & associates conducted a SPACE Randomized Clinical Trial to find out that for patients with moderate to severe chronic back pain...
World's first: John Hopkins Doctors perform total penis and scrotum transplant Vinay Singh singh23 April 2018 8:25 PM ISTAfter 14 hours of comprehensive surgery by the dedicated team of Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery, a veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new,...
