Category: Divisions
Exploring why girls in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to HIV
October 17, 2011
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more likely than adolescent boys to be living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, few studies […]
‘Eureka!’ opens at the George Peabody Library
October 17, 2011
Since the acquisition last fall of the Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Rare Books in the History of Science by Johns Hopkins’ Sheridan Libraries, scientists and bibliophiles alike have been eagerly anticipating the chance for a closer look at this magnificent collection. With the opening of Eureka! on Sunday, Oct. 23, at the […]
Johns Hopkins bioethicist honored for work on social justice issues in health policy
October 17, 2011
Ruth Faden, founding director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research ethics and social justice considerations in health policy, is the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award given by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. The award was presented Oct. 15 during the organization’s annual meeting in […]
Place, not race, may be larger determinant of health disparities
October 10, 2011
Where you live could play a larger role in health disparities than originally thought, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Examining a racially integrated low-income neighborhood in Baltimore, the researchers found that, with the exception of smoking, nationally reported disparities in hypertension, diabetes, obesity among […]
Unusual repeated segment responsible for third of familial ALS
October 10, 2011
A team led by scientists from Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health has discovered a genetic mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and a related disease called frontotemporal dementia that appears to account for more than a third of all inherited cases of these diseases. In a new study published online Sept. 21 in Neuron, […]
Blood tests may hold clues to pace of Alzheimer’s disease progression
October 10, 2011
A team of scientists, led by Johns Hopkins researchers, says that it may have found a way to predict how quickly patients with Alzheimer’s disease will lose cognitive function by looking at ratios of two fatty compounds in their blood. The finding, the researchers say, could provide useful information to families and caregivers, and might also […]
Efforts to defund, ban infant male circumcision unfounded
October 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins infectious disease experts say that the medical benefits of male circumcision are clear, and that efforts in an increasing number of states (currently 18) to not provide Medicaid insurance coverage for male circumcision—as well as an attempted ballot initiative in San Francisco to ban male circumcision in newborns and young boys—are unwarranted. Moreover, […]
Scuba diving improves function in vets with spinal cord injury
October 10, 2011
A small group of veterans with spinal cord injuries who underwent a four-day scuba-diving certification saw significant improvement in muscle movement, increased sensitivity to light touch and pinprick on the legs and large reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. The researchers, while calling the advances made over the course of a […]
Engineering for Professionals launches iPhone app
October 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, part of the Whiting School of Engineering, has created a free iPhone app for students, faculty and staff. The app, which also works on the iPod Touch and iPad, provides an easy way for affiliates to access the academic calendar, obtain timely information on the EP education centers and link […]
Homewood Museum hosts experts on historic landscape design
October 10, 2011
Homewood Museum will present its 11th annual Baltimore’s Great Architecture lecture series over three consecutive Mondays, Oct. 10, 17 and 24. The theme of this year’s series, History in the Landscape, is inspired by the current restoration of Homewood’s original 1801 brick privy. The series opens today, Oct. 10, with historian Michael Olmert exploring […]