As temperatures dip below freezing, two areas of our bodies help to regulate our response, or the response of a winter athlete: peripheral tissues such as our skin and a structure at the base of our ...
@hopkinskimmel researchers develop novel liquid biopsy approach to identifying early-stage cancers. › ...
Throughout February, @HopkinsMedicine experts from the Wilmer Eye Institute are available to discuss prevention and ...
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have ...
Jeffrey Ellin, a 46-year-old Baltimore resident and an avid long-distance runner, brought himself to the Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center in February 2020 with a small cosmetic complaint ...
What are folliculitis, boils, and carbuncles? Folliculitis, boils, and carbuncles are types of infections of one or more hair follicles. A hair follicle is the base or root of a hair. The infections ...
Hemolytic anemia is a disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be made. The destruction of red blood cells is called hemolysis. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of ...
What is infectious mononucleosis (mono)? Infectious mononucleosis is a type of infection. It causes swollen lymph glands, fever, sore throat, and often extreme fatigue. It’s often spread through ...
What is a pulmonary embolism? A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that develops in a blood vessel in the body (often in the leg). It then travels to a lung artery where it suddenly blocks blood ...
Transcript: (Video has no sound). Opening shot of the waiting area at Johns Hopkins Medical Imaging. A technologist speaks with a patient as they walk to the imaging room. The patient lies down on the ...
Polycythemia vera (PV) is a rare blood disorder in which there is an increase in all blood cells, particularly red blood cells. The increase in blood cells makes your blood thicker and can cause ...
What is iron-deficiency anemia? The most common cause of anemia worldwide is iron deficiency. Iron is needed to form hemoglobin, part of red blood cells that carry oxygen and remove carbon dioxide (a ...