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Breathing Easier: One Woman’s Journey from Misdiagnosis to Specialized Care for a Rare Airway Disease

iSGS is a rare condition that primarily affects women and causes scar tissue to form just below the vocal cords, narrowing ...
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Will a Direct-to-Consumer Health Test Help You Reach a Diagnosis? Experts Say It May Not Be So Simple

Advancements in genetics testing in the clinic may allow for faster diagnosis and treatments, say genetics experts at Johns ...
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A New Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds Sex and Menopause-Based Differences in Presentation of Early Lyme Disease

In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study, researchers found that male and female patients with early Lyme disease present with different signs of the disease in the symptoms they report, their physical ...
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Cigarette Smoke Accelerates Eye Aging Via Epigenetic Changes, Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds

Researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute say they have identified how smoking, a well-known risk factor for eye disease and vision loss, increases susceptibility to age-related eye diseases, such as ...
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Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Our orthopaedic shoulder and elbow specialists treat professional and college athletes, “weekend warriors” and people with disorders related to aging, overuse or accidents. From rotator cuff tears to ...
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Department of Genetic Medicine

The McKusick-Nathans Institute and the Department of Genetic Medicine seek to further the understanding of human heredity and genetic medicine and use that knowledge to treat and prevent disease. The ...
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Johns Hopkins Nursing Innovations

Clinical Models and tools Improve the quality of patient care. The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in ...