Featured Stories

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  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.

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  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.

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  What to Know About an At-Home Sleep Test

  Here’s how to know if you have sleep apnea, without leaving the comfort of home.

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  Bariatric Surgery and the Gut-Brain Connection

  A Johns Hopkins expert is studying the results of weight-loss surgery to understand why some people overeat.

News & Views

• Moving Cancer Medicines Forward

  From scientific meetings to our own dinner tables, conversations about better treatments for cancer are among the most frequently discussed health care topics. See what’s being done to re-imagine drug discovery and development.

• Choosing the Right Mattress: Making a Smart Investment

  Most adults need seven to eight hours of sleep to feel refreshed — and if you’re spending eight hours per night on your mattress, it’s going to wear out over time.

• 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.

• Get more news from Johns Hopkins Medicine.