Histotripsy uses strong sound waves to target tumorous tissue in the liver. Histotripsy doesn’t require any incisions to the body, minimizing potential complications and making recovery time much ...

Head and neck surgeon Carole Fakhry, director of the Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Center, talks about the case of a patient who presented with a history of a sore throat and feeling as though ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that everyone 75 and older receive a single ...

Different patients often have the same questions for our staff. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact our office at 410-997-7979 during regular business hours. Johns Hopkins is ...

Neurosurgeon Nicholas Theodore recaps his presentation on vertebral column shortening for tethered cord syndrome that he gave at the 2022 Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He shared a novel approach ...

Wearable activity trackers could provide clinicians with clues to how survivors of stroke are faring during their recovery. In an ongoing precision medicine project, Johns Hopkins physical medicine ...

The Johns Hopkins Center for Stomach Cancer Care multidisciplinary team represents leaders within their respective fields of pathology, surgery, gastroenterology, oncology and radiology, along with ...

Johns Hopkins rheumatologist Lisa Christopher-Stine shares what is known about how the disease processes of cancer and myositis intertwine. It has been known that certain types of myositis, such as ...

After previous bariatric surgery procedures, Judy Barnett found she reached plateaus in her weight loss progress. Judy consulted Johns Hopkins’ Endoscopic Weight Loss Program, where experts examined ...

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is a method for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. Naren Nimmagadda, assistant professor of urology, explains the procedure, which uses a ...

Treatment for lung cancer varies according to age, type of cancer, extent of disease, tolerance to medication and patient preference. Treatment options include a combination of surgery, radiation, ...

Expert care for children with allergies. We provide personalized diagnosis and treatment for children and adolescents with a wide range of allergies in the USF Pediatric Allergy/Immunology Program at ...