Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor ...

A reduced-intensity bone marrow transplant regimen developed by Johns Hopkins physicians provides durable engraftment with ...

The research, published May 7 in Blood, and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, shows that inherited loss-of ...

A new study in mice led by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center researchers suggests a link between a high-fat prenatal diet and ...

Ulrich Mueller Ph.D., and Erika Pearce, Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, have been elected to the ...

For every 1% increase in blood-brain barrier disruption, the odds of a person having a poor outcome 3 months after an ...

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Portal hypertension is elevated pressure in your portal venous system. The portal vein is a major vein that leads to the liver. The most common cause of portal hypertension is cirrhosis (scarring) of ...

What is a neck lift? The medical term for a neck lift is platysmaplasty. The procedure surgically removes excess skin and fat from the neck to address age-related wrinkling and creasing in this area, ...

Panic disorder is a common mental health problem. It often starts in the teens or early adulthood, but may also begin in childhood. Women are twice as likely as men to have it. There may be a genetic ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) is an antibody blood protein that’s part of your immune system. Your body makes IgA and other types of antibodies to help fight off sickness. Having an IgA deficiency means that ...

Sibley Memorial Hospital provides a wide range of healthcare services to the Washington, D.C., area communities. We offer medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetric, oncology, orthopaedic, and a ...