Featured Stories

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  Finding the Hidden Sugar in the Foods You Eat

  Are you skipping cookies, cake or other sweet treats to reduce your sugar intake? Give yourself an A for effort, but you’re probably still eating more sugar than you realize.

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  New Models of Discovery

  Kimmel Cancer Center investigators are pushing the boundaries and developing inventive new ways to study drugs.

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  Making Hearing Aids More Affordable

  Hearing aids will become more affordable, thanks in part to the efforts of Frank Lin, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

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  If a Hiker Falls in the Woods … Would You Know What to Do?

  Austere medicine course teaches Johns Hopkins students how to treat injuries and illness when medical resources are scarce.

News & Views

• 5 Spices with Healthy Benefits

  Spices have benefits beyond seasoning food. Learn about spices that may ease pain, lower blood sugar and protect your heart — and ways to include them in your diet.

• Safe, Comprehensive Transgender Health Care

  Adolescent medicine specialists Renata Sanders and Errol Fields see teenage and young adult patients at the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health.

• 5 Protein-Packed Foods for Healthy, Meatless Meals

  These alternatives could help reduce your risk of heart disease and other chronic conditions.

• Special Heart Risks for Men

  Men tend to develop coronary artery disease earlier than women. Some warning signs of heart disease, like erectile dysfunction, can start especially early. Here’s what men should know.

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