Pneumonia is biggest killer of young kids, study shows
Around the globe, the leading cause of death for children under age 5 is pneumonia, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. About...
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Rare disorder nearly takes Baltimore woman’s sight
When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for...
A new dress, and set of lungs, for prom
For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue. The 18-year-old from Martinsburg,...
Doctors may be transfusing blood too often
Patients may be getting blood transfusion too often during surgery, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The study shows wide variation in the use of transfusions, and...
A guide to vasectomy reversal
Sometimes men are the ones to take care of birth control through a surgical procedure. But when those men and their partners have a change of heart about children for...
Understanding the new pap smear guidelines
Many women became used to having a Pap smear annually to check for cervical cancer, but recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have updated the timeline. Now,...
Hopkins surgeon performs 2,000th Whipple
Early Friday in a small, brightly lit operating room in Johns Hopkins Hospital, a half-dozen doctors and nurses huddled over the gut of a cancer patient, quietly passing metal instruments...
Female condoms prevent new HIV infections
A female condom program was highly effective in preventing HIV infections, according to a new economic analysis by researchers in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The analysis,...
Maryland doctors plan to detail face transplant surgery
University of Maryland doctors plan Tuesday to detail their complicated 36-hour operation to give a 37-year-old man a new face. Maryland says the face transplant, which occurred March 19-20 at...
Parents, teens must weigh many factors in deciding on rhinoplasty
Many teens are unhappy with their appearance and ask their parents for a "nose job," or rhinoplasty. But there are a lot of factors to consider, such as the limits...