Medical tests aren’t just for diagnosing disorders once symptoms appear—they’re also routinely used as an important aspect of preventive health care. People who see their doctor regularly and have ...

Hemolytic anemia is a disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be made. The destruction of red blood cells is called hemolysis. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of ...

Kawasaki disease is a rare heart condition that causes a high fever and inflammation of the blood vessels. It usually affects children under the age of 5. It is the most common form of acquired (not ...

The Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU) at Johns Hopkins is a world leading site in the science of psychoactive drugs and behavior. Spanning the negative and positive effects of psychoactive ...

The Belcamp/Water’s Edge practice is currently closed to in-person appointments due to the widespread power outage across the area. If you have an appointment scheduled for Monday, July 6, we will be ...

Anal fissures are tears, or cracks, in your anus. Fissures are sometimes confused with hemorrhoids. These are inflamed blood vessels in, or just outside, the anus. Both fissures and hemorrhoids often ...

Consumer fireworks are one of the leading causes of serious hand, face and eye injuries during the Fourth of July holiday.

The procedure is similar to a fine needle biopsy and involves inserting a needle-like probe into the body. Radiofrequency waves are sent out from the probe into the surrounding tissue, which causes ...

Under normal conditions, we all lose body water daily through sweat, tears, breathing, urine, and stool. In a healthy person, this water is replaced by drinking fluids and eating foods that contain ...

¿Por qué escoger a Johns Hopkins? Johns Hopkins Medicine, ubicado en Baltimore, Maryland, es uno de los sistemas de salud y atención médica más prestigiosos en el mundo. En nuestros hospitales, ...

MSN via Barron Kerry Stewart, an exercise physiologist and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, says exercise capacity "definitely declines" as we age. "With regular exercise, the decline won't be ...

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) happen when a group of blood vessels in your body forms incorrectly. In these malformations, arteries and veins are unusually tangled and form direct connections, ...