As you age, your nutritional needs change. Before menopause, you should have about 1,000 mg of calcium daily. After menopause, you should have up it to 1,200 mg of calcium per day. Vitamin D is also ...

Tens of thousands of people each year are injured by lawn mowers in the U.S. The medical team at Johns Hopkins Children’s ...

What is an upper GI endoscopy? An upper GI endoscopy or EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) is a procedure to diagnose and treat problems in your upper GI (gastrointestinal) tract. The upper GI tract ...

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The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Diverse and ...

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

The Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (DPMS) at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine seeks to discover, translate, and disseminate knowledge important for the development ...

A pathologist is a healthcare provider who looks at bodies and body tissues. They also do lab tests. A pathologist helps other providers reach diagnoses. They are an important member of the healthcare ...

This group of tests measures the amount of cholesterol and other fats in your blood. Cholesterol and triglycerides are lipids, or fats. These fats are important for cell health, but they can be ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy the communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles. Myasthenia gravis ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an allergic condition that happens in the esophagus. The esophagus becomes inflamed and does not contract properly. It can get narrowed and develop rings or abscesses. The ...

That was the beginning.” Ahead of #WorldSickleCellDay, 79-year-old Audrey Smith reflects on living with sickle cell disease, decades of progress in care and the @HopkinsMedicine team she credits with ...