Day: April 12, 2010
Microbes-testing method is invention of the year
April 12, 2010
Amethod to quickly determine whether potentially harmful microbes are resistant to certain drugs has been named the year’s top invention at the Applied Physics Laboratory. The winner was chosen from the 118 inventions reported by 218 APL staff members and collaborators in 2009. An independent panel of 30 representatives from industry, the high-tech sector and […]
University of Konstanz and SPH establish CAAT-Europe
April 12, 2010
The University of Konstanz in Germany and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have jointly established the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing–Europe in an effort to promote better coordination in toxicity testing. The new center, modeled after the Bloomberg School’s Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, will conduct scientific research to find […]
More benefits are found from mild exercise in critically ill
April 12, 2010
A new report from critical care experts at Johns Hopkins shows that physicians can cut back by half their use of prescription sedatives so that critically ill patients can be alert and awake to exercise more. Curtailing use of the drowsiness-inducing medications not only allows patients in the intensive care unit to participate in mild […]
Myths about teens busted in new guide for parents, others
April 12, 2010
The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development was written by Clea McNeely and Jayne Blanchard of the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to dispel many common myths about adolescence with the latest scientific findings on the physical, emotional, cognitive, sexual and spiritual development of […]
Fatal injuries are increasing in older Americans, study finds
April 12, 2010
The risk of dying from injuries is increasing for Americans ages 65 and older, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. The report found significant increases in death rates from falls (up 42 percent), machinery (up 46 percent), motorcycle crashes (up 145 […]
Spoiler alert: TV doc dramas ‘rife’ with breaches of conduct
April 12, 2010
A medical student and faculty directors from The Johns Hopkins University’s Berman Institute of Bioethics analyzed depictions of bioethical issues and professionalism over a full season of two popular medical dramas, Grey’s Anatomy and House, M.D., and found that the shows were “rife” with ethical dilemmas and actions that often ran afoul of professional codes of […]
Donor kidneys from hepatitis C patients needlessly denied
April 12, 2010
More than half of donor kidneys in the United States infected with hepatitis C are thrown away despite the need among hepatitis C patients who may die waiting for an infection-free organ, Johns Hopkins research suggests. In a study of national data published online in the American Journal of Transplantation, the researchers say that while […]
Eggs can ease egg allergies, oral immunotherapy study shows
April 12, 2010
Children with egg allergies who consume increasingly higher doses of egg protein—the very nutrient they react to—appear to gradually overcome their allergies, tolerating eggs better over time and with milder symptoms, according to research conducted at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere. The findings from a multicenter trial were presented at the annual meeting […]
Classifieds — April 12, 2010
April 12, 2010
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Calendar — April 12, 2010
April 12, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., April 13, 4 p.m. “Something Other Than Its Own Mass: Corporeality, Animality, Materiality,” an Anthropology colloquium with Thomas Csordas, University of California, San Diego. 400 Macaulay. HW Tues., April 13, 4:15 p.m. “Redox-Active Ligand-Mediated Organometallic Catalysis at Manganese and Cobalt: New Routes to sp3-Hybridized C-C Bonds,” a Chemistry colloquium with Jake Soper, Georgia […]