BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * In Extensive Sequencing Study, Scientists Find Few Links Between Cancer and Microbiome About a dozen studies in the past five years have made claims linking nearly every type of human cancer with the presence of microbiomes, "communities" of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in or on peoples' bodies. Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say a study that sequenced human cancers fou  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Multicenter Study Shows U.S. Hospitals Vary Greatly in How They Define Blood Culture Contamination Federally funded research suggests that standardizing what defines contamination could increase accuracy of diagnoses, optimize treatments, avoid unnecessary medications and improve patient outcomes Blood cultures, a laboratory test for detecting the presence of bacteria in samples of a pati  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Reveal Potential Molecular Link Between Air Pollutants and Increased Risk of Lewy Body Dementia A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have revealed a possible molecular connection between air pollution and an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia. The findings add to a growing body of evidence indicating how environmental factors may trigger harmfu  more