In a search for clues to what may delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report that smarter, more educated people aren’t protected from the disease, but do get a cognitive “head start” that may keep their minds functioning better temporarily.

Perchlorate, used in rocket fuels, may be more hazardous than previously thought

‘Primitive’ Stem Cells Shown to Regenerate Blood Vessels in The Eye

Research shows the heart is more sensitive to elevations of blood pressure than previously thought

Study Suggests Early-Life Exposure to Dogs May Lessen Risk of Developing Schizophrenia

Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease

DEET may chemically “cloak” humans from malaria-carrying mosquitos, rather than repel them.

In mice, transplanted stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs. The study opens the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain.

Johns Hopkins Launches Center For Psychedelic Research

Proteins That May Restore Damaged Sound-Detecting Cells in the Ear

In a search for clues to what may delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report that smarter, more educated people aren’t protected from the disease, but do get a cognitive “head start” that may keep their minds functioning better temporarily.

[Press Release] Newly Discovered Immune Cell Linked to Type 1 Diabetes

5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anxiety

Johns Hopkins researchers conclude multivitamins have no clear benefits

In a study of infrequent cannabis users, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that, compared with smoking cannabis, vaping it increased the rate of short-term anxiety, paranoia, memory loss and distraction when doses were the same.

Parents refuse the HPV vaccine because of safety concerns and lack of knowledge, with only a minority of parents concerned that vaccination would encourage youth sexual activity, a reason frequently cited by doctors as a barrier to advocating for this vaccine…

A new study finds that only a minority of parents choose not to immunize their children against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) due to concerns that vaccination would encourage or support youth sexual activity, a reason frequently cited as a barrier to advocating for this vaccine

A new study by Johns Hopkins found that most interviewed surgeons report feeling pressure to operate under severe emergency situations, even when they believe the patients would not benefit.

Johns Hopkins researchers developed an experimental drug, NLY01, that blocked the degradation of brain cells, the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease, in cultures of human brain cells, and stopped or slowed disease and symptom progression in live mouse models…

Johns Hopkins surgeons perform world's first full penis and scrotum transplant

When There’s an Audience, People’s Performance Improves

Study concludes that most Americans go to sleep later on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights

Bacteria Play a Critical Role in Driving Colon Cancers

Researchers bring specially trained dogs into ICUs, show they can safely and substantially ease patients’ physical and emotional suffering

In a study of medical records gathered on hundreds of thousands of African-American women, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have evidence that women with a common form of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine leiomyomas…

Exposure to coarse particulate matter (PM 2.5-10) linked to increased risk of asthma in children

Blood Test That Spots Tumor-Derived DNA in Early-Stage Cancers

A minimally invasive laparoscopic form of the surgery used to treat severe pancreatitis results in shorter hospital stays, less need for opioid painkillers, and fewer complications.

In an expanded, 3-year clinical trial of 86 patients with colorectal and 11 other cancers with so-called ‘mismatch repair’ genetic defects, scientists have found half of the patients respond to an immunotherapy drug called pembrolizumab (Keytruda)…

New Gene Therapy for Vision Loss Proven Safe in Humans

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