Day: February 1, 2010
Old antidepressant offers promise in treating heart failure
February 1, 2010
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed more than 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and weakened pumping function associated with heart failure. In a report published in the Jan. 8 edition of Circulation Research, U.S. and Italian heart experts […]
DID U TK UR MEDS? Texting can improve care of patients
February 1, 2010
From a lethal distraction for drivers to dehumanizing personal interactions, text messaging has gotten a bum rap lately. But for doctors treating patients with chronic diseases, text messaging can be an invaluable tool, according to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center pediatrician Delphine Robotham. “For better or worse, this technology is here,” she said, “and sending a […]
Guided Care participants rate quality of health care higher
February 1, 2010
Chronically ill older adults who are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team are twice as likely to rate their health care as high-quality than those who receive usual care, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The research, published online in the latest edition of […]
Kids with suspected development problems may not get referrals
February 1, 2010
Many pediatricians score high on screening their patients for developmental delays but barely make a passing grade in referring children with suspected delays for further testing or treatment, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions to appear in the February issue of Pediatrics. Because screening is effective only if followed […]
Transmission dynamics of H1N1 similar to previous flu strains
February 1, 2010
The April 2009 H1N1 outbreak at a Queens, New York, high school was widespread but did not cause severe disease, according to an analysis conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their findings suggest that the transmission and spread […]
Kidney donor study: How do African-Americans access health info online?
February 1, 2010
Laura Taylor, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing’s Department of Health Systems and Outcomes, is studying how living-kidney donors and caregivers gain support in the organ donation process. The $450,000 two-year grant she received from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research will expand Taylor’s Living Donor Information Network for […]
Date announced for 2010 JHMI Biomedical Career Fair
February 1, 2010
The JHMI Professional Development Office announced last week that it will host the fourth annual Biomedical Career Fair on Monday, March 1, on the School of Medicine’s Turner Concourse, East Baltimore campus. The event, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is open to all JHMI graduate students, postdocs, alumni, faculty and staff. Among those […]
Watch those cans and bottles: RecycleMania competition is on
February 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins is once again competing in RecycleMania, a 10-week challenge for colleges and universities across the country to see who can recycle the most and reduce total waste. Last year JHU took first place in three categories against participating Maryland schools, and this year the event organizers want to beat what are known as […]
Calendar — Feb. 1, 2010
February 1, 2010
COLLOQUIA Thurs., Feb. 4, 3 p.m. “Cosmopolitanism and International Eugenics in the Mid-Twentieth Century,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium with Alison Bashford, University of Sydney. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB Fri., Feb. 5, 2 p.m. “Cyber Threats and Trends,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Richard Howard, Verisign, has been […]