Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Latest Episodes:

What’s the alternative to computer games to stave off dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 29, 2025

Show notes

Use of electronic devices seems to reduce one’s risk for dementia, a recent study showed. Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says he has lots of patients who are concerned about their risk or would like to …

What’s the alternative to computer games to stave off dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Does using digital technology help people avoid dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 23, 2025

Show notes

An analysis of 57 studies published recently shows that use of digital technologies, including computers and smart phones, helps reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment in older adults. Dementia expert Constantine Lyketsos at Johns Hopkins says while there …

Does using digital technology help people avoid dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Should you consider available formulations of lithium to reduce dementia risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 23, 2025

Show notes

Lithium may reduce dementia risk. That’s the take home from a recent study in mice that garnered a lot of attention. Constantine Lyketsos, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, says caveat emptor. Lyketsos: I don't believe they had any human …

Should you consider available formulations of lithium to reduce dementia risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Is lithium the key to avoiding the development of dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 23, 2025

Show notes

If mouse models prove to be true in humans, the element lithium may help avoid the development of dementia. Dementia expert Constantine Lyketsos at Johns Hopkins says he’s disturbed by the tenor of the coverage of this basic science discovery. …

Is lithium the key to avoiding the development of dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

You’re in charge of your healthcare decisions, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 23, 2025

Show notes

Are the plethora of healthcare screenings something that’s appropriate for you? That’s one question Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, is trying to answer in her research looking at messaging for breast cancer screenings. She says there’s one …

You’re in charge of your healthcare decisions, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

What’s the best way to craft public health messages? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 23, 2025

Show notes

Healthcare screenings should be targeted to those who are likely to benefit, and conveying information about that needs to be crafted carefully so people can make informed choices. That’s according to research by Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns …

What’s the best way to craft public health messages? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 12, 2025

Show notes

When given appropriate information about mammogram screenings, including benefits, harms, and who should consider screening cessation, a cohort of older women largely made rational choices for themselves, a study by Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. …

Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 12, 2025

Show notes

Even when people know they can discontinue health screenings for things like cancer they often continue the practice. Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins who studies such behaviors, says recent research on older women and breast cancer screenings …

What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

How might you feel about being told you can stop cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 12, 2025

Show notes

Just as there’s a point in life when cancer screenings should begin, so too is there a point at which they can stop. That’s usually because the likelihood that a cancer will kill you in the time you are likely …

How might you feel about being told you can stop cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

How should preventive healthcare change as people age? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 12, 2025

Show notes

Research on when preventive healthcare like cancer screenings should start is abundant, with some guidelines, such as for breast or colorectal cancer, pushing the time to begin screening earlier. But when should such screenings stop? That’s the focus of research …

How should preventive healthcare change as people age? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →