Issue: 2012 April 23
Digging into research
April 23, 2012
Natalie Bray spent part of last summer poking around in woods just south of Annapolis. On one excursion, the Johns Hopkins junior came across a red and black North American millipede (Narceus americanus), a “monster” some five inches long with row upon row of tiny red legs. She couldn’t wait to grab it. “I really […]
Classifieds — April 23, 2012
April 23, 2012
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Bioethicists urge less regulation for some human subjects research
April 23, 2012
In an opinion article published in the April 18 theme edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association focusing on comparative effectiveness research, a team of Johns Hopkins University bioethicists argues forcefully for streamlining federal restrictions on at least some low-risk clinical comparative effectiveness research instead of easing them, as is now proposed, solely […]
Notices — April 23, 2012
April 23, 2012
Johns Hopkins Baby Shower — Expectant and new parents are invited to the Johns Hopkins Baby Shower, from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, on the East Baltimore campus. Johns Hopkins offers a variety of services to support JHU faculty and staff and JHH/JHHSC employees during the life transition of having a baby. Among […]
East Baltimore Housing and Neighborhood Fair planned
April 23, 2012
The long-planned revitalization of 88 acres north of the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus is taking shape, with new restaurants, a national pharmacy, the opening of the “929” apartment building, restoration of historic buildings and the construction of a $40 million public school and early childhood center on tap for 2012 and 2013. Johns Hopkins […]
Symptoms that mimic epilepsy linked to stress, poor coping skills
April 23, 2012
Based on their clinical experience and observations, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians and psychologists say that more than one-third of the patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital’s inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit for treatment of intractable seizures have been discovered to have stress-triggered symptoms rather than a true seizure disorder. These patients—returning war veterans, […]
Provost’s Panel on Innovation wraps up lecture series
April 23, 2012
What is the best environment for creative and innovative thinking? In what ways does the academic culture promote innovation? Are innovative ideas best found within disciplines or at the intersection of disciplines? Is innovation the result of serendipity and flashes of insight, or the result of effort and hard work? The 2011–12 Provost’s Lecture Series, […]
Study: Genetically engineered compound for back pain falls short
April 23, 2012
Despite the great promise that injecting a new type of anti-inflammatory pain medicine into the spine could relieve the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, a Johns Hopkins–led study has found that the current standard of care with steroid injections still does better. Etanercept, sold under the brand name Enbrel, is a genetically […]
Spring Fair
April 23, 2012
David Vaino, Katie Radin, President Ron Daniels, Leah Granovskaya and Hong Tai were among the hundreds with lunch on their minds when Spring Fair opened at noon on Friday. The picnic tables filled up quickly as the scents of pizza, French fries, cheesesteaks, hot dogs and roasted turkey legs wafted over the Homewood campus, signaling […]
School of Ed to host 40-plus kids on city’s Pre-K at Play Day
April 23, 2012
Johns Hopkins’ School of Education will host more than 40 students from Samuel Morse Elementary School in West Baltimore for Baltimore City Public Schools’ second annual Pre-K at Play Day, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 26. Pre-K students will participate in a variety of interactive activities offered by the […]