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Meet Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s First Facility Dogs

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is like a dog with two tails! The children’s hospital now has its first full-time facility ...
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Adults with Concurrent Hearing and Vision Loss Report Barriers and Challenges in Navigating Complex, Everyday Environments

Although hearing loss was linked to sound localization difficulties, the researchers found adults who used hearing aids did ...
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Engineer Nanoparticles Able to Seek and Destroy Diseased Immune Cells

Immune system cells can be engineered outside of the body in a type of therapy called CAR-T. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists are developing ways to sidestep such cell manufacturing with a biodegradable ...
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From Patients to Players: How Video Games Transform Hospital Stays at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Video games are often seen as a pastime for kids, but at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, video games do much more than help kids pass time. Within the Children’s Center Child Life Department, there ...
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Howler Monkeys Began Eating Leaves 13 Million Years Ago, Changing Course of Primate History in South America

• 13 million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome “howl” ...
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Postpartum Thyroiditis

Postpartum thyroiditis happens when a person’s thyroid gland becomes inflamed within 1 year of delivering a baby or having a miscarriage or abortion. This condition affects a small percentage of ...
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9 Benefits of Yoga

If you’ve done your “downward dog” yoga pose today, you’re probably feeling more relaxed. Regardless of your level of yoga expertise, if you’re practicing regularly, you can feel better from head to ...
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Leadership

View a directory of leadership at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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BMI Calculator

Rather than relying only on the bathroom scale to tell you if you're overweight, experts say you should also know your body mass index (BMI). BMI takes into account not just your weight, but also your ...
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Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

The Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is directed by Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D, M.H.S. and is a central component of the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and ...
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Ectopic Pregnancy

What are the symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? Women with an ectopic pregnancy may have irregular bleeding and pelvic or belly (abdominal) pain. The pain is often just on one side. Symptoms often ...
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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Thyroiditis is when your thyroid gland becomes irritated or inflamed. Hashimoto thyroiditis is the most common type of this health problem. It may also be called chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. This ...