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The Science of Being a Winter Olympian: The Brains, Endurance and Cold-Sensing Abilities That Make It Possible

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 ...
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Detecting Early-Stage Cancers with a New Blood Test Measuring Epigenetic Instability

@hopkinskimmel researchers develop novel liquid biopsy approach to identifying early-stage cancers. › ...
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February Is Macular Degeneration Awareness Month

Throughout February, @HopkinsMedicine experts from the Wilmer Eye Institute are available to discuss prevention and ...
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Updated Guidelines Standardize How Tumor Response Is Measured After Surgery

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have ...
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Running the Distance: Patient Teams with Johns Hopkins Medicine Dermatologists to Treat, Understand Rare Hereditary Cancer Syndrome

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 ...
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Infectious Mononucleosis

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 ...