Day: January 31, 2011
Simulating worst-case scenarios
January 31, 2011
What promises to be one of the nation’s most advanced computer simulation and modeling centers is taking shape on the university’s Mount Washington campus. The Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences is being launched by Joshua M. Epstein. A former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Epstein […]
More global health opps for students
January 31, 2011
Last March, President Ronald J. Daniels announced an initiative to let more Johns Hopkins students pursue international public health experiences. To jump-start the initiative, the President’s Office helped fund the creation of Johns Hopkins global health awards, travel grants for students in all divisions and in all disciplines, nearly a quarter of them designated for […]
Guidelines issued to counter rush to patent, proprietary restrictions on sharing stem cell data
January 31, 2011
An international group of stem cell scientists, bioethicists and experts in law and public policy last week called urgently for specific measures designed to counter secrecy and self-interest. The recommended measures focus on the sharing of data and materials, and collective management of intellectual property related to stem cells. In a consensus statement, the Hinxton […]
Update on changes made after JHH shooter incident
January 31, 2011
Last year’s shooting at The Johns Hopkins Hospital prompted the Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies to review Johns Hopkins’ preparedness and response to this event. To explain the outcome of these reviews and what’s been done to prevent and respond to workplace violence, an emergency preparedness education session has been scheduled for noon to […]
Leon Botstein launches spring Musicology Colloquium
January 31, 2011
Leon Botstein, president of Bard College, music director of the American Symphony Orchestra and editor of Musical Quarterly, will give the first spring talk of the Peabody Conservatory’s 2010–2011 Doctor of Musical Arts Musicology Colloquium from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2. His topic is “Rethinking the Repertoire: Rescuing History, Criticism and Performance […]
Survive ‘shockable’ cardiac arrest? Chances excellent in big venues
January 31, 2011
Astudy of more than 14,000 men and women whose hearts suddenly stopped suggests that the chances of survival are very high if such cardiac arrests are witnessed in large public venues, including airports, sports arenas or malls. The reasons, researchers say, are that almost four out of five such cases appear to be due to […]
Breast cancer patients with diabetes more likely to die, study finds
January 31, 2011
Breast cancer patients are nearly 50 percent more likely to die of any cause if they also have diabetes, according to a comprehensive review of research conducted by Johns Hopkins physicians. The findings, published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest that future research could focus on whether high levels of […]
Statin use linked to rare autoimmune disease
January 31, 2011
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how statins, the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the United States, appear to trigger a rare but serious autoimmune muscle disease in a small portion of the 30 million Americans who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs. Taking statins, they found, can sometimes cause the body to produce antibodies against […]
JHU scientists crack genetic code for form of pancreatic cancer
January 31, 2011
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have deciphered the genetic code for a type of pancreatic cancer called neuroendocrine or islet cell tumors. The work, described online in the Jan. 20 issue of Science Express, shows that patients whose tumors have certain coding “mistakes” live twice as long as those without them. “One of the most significant […]
Race plays role in weight-related counseling among obese patients
January 31, 2011
When it comes to advising obese patients, blacks receive less weight reduction and exercise counseling from physicians than their white counterparts. This is according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who examined the impact of patient and doctor race concordance on weight-related counseling. The results […]