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Johns Hopkins Medicine-led consortium receives $24 million federal grant to find hepatitis B cure

Transmission electron micrograph showing hepatitis B virus particles (colored orange). The Johns Hopkins Medicine-led ...
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New Study Offers Strong Evidence of Elevated Heart Failure Risk in Adults with Prediabetes, Hypertension and Subclinical Heart Injury or Stress

A @HopkinsMedicine-led study offers strong evidence that adults with coexisting prediabetes and hypertension are at a higher ...
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Pedaling for Peripheral Neuropathy: Personal Story and Research Spotlight

After enduring a two-year diagnostic odyssey, Gregory Maassen received a diagnosis of a postinfectious form of peripheral ...
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AI-Based Liquid Biopsy May Detect Liver Fibrosis, Cirrhosis and Chronic Disease Signals

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based liquid biopsy test ...
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Johns Hopkins Investigators Create Open Source Database to More Easily Study Cancer

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and The Johns Hopkins University have created a novel database structure that allows investigators anywhere to more easily ...
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Study Finds Depression, Suicidal Ideation Among College Students Increased Over Past 15 Years

Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, ...
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Cat Scratch Disease

What is cat scratch disease? Cat scratches and bites can cause cat scratch disease, a bacterial infection carried in cat saliva. Research suggests a cat may get these bacteria from fleas or their ...
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Robotic Prostatectomy

Robotic prostatectomy is a minimally invasive procedure performed by an experienced laparoscopic surgery team with the assistance of advanced surgical technology. Using the advanced surgical system, ...
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Growth Hormone Deficiency

What is growth hormone deficiency? Growth hormone deficiency (GHD), also known as dwarfism or pituitary dwarfism, is a condition caused by insufficient amounts of growth hormone in the body. Children ...
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Johns Hopkins Medicine Mission, Vision and Values

The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Diverse and ...
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Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is an infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, most commonly spread by a tick bite. The disease takes its name from Lyme, Connecticut, where the illness was ...
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Cesarean Section

What is a cesarean section? Cesarean section, C-section, or cesarean birth is the surgical delivery of a baby through a cut (incision) made in the birth parent's abdomen and uterus. Healthcare ...