Category: Bloomberg School of Public Health
Social service activities can improve brain for older adults
January 25, 2010
Volunteer service such as tutoring children can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the researchers found that seniors participating in a youth mentoring program made gains in key brain regions that […]
U.S. doctors prescribing more psychiatric medications
January 25, 2010
Psychiatrists in the United States prescribed more psychotropic drugs to their patients in 2006 than they did a decade ago, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Columbia University. The researchers also found that individual patients were prescribed medications in greater combination to treat their mental […]
To Haiti and back
January 22, 2010
More than a week after a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, the tiny Caribbean nation remains caught in a major medical crisis that only promises to worsen unless international aid groups and health professionals can meet the growing need for supplies and medical assistance for the countless injured and suffering there.
Bloomberg School establishes International Vaccine Access Center
December 14, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has established the International Vaccine Access Center to increase availability of lifesaving vaccines by overcoming many of the obstacles that often delay their usage and distribution. IVAC will also serve as a source of vaccine policy information and analysis and will develop and use evidence to advocate for improved global health policies and their implementation. Projects undertaken by IVAC are supported by grants from the GAVI Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Less physical activity may not be factor in adolescent obesity rates
November 16, 2009
Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Consumer electronics can help improve patient health
November 16, 2009
Electronic tools and technology applications for consumers can help improve health care processes such as adherence to medication and clinical outcomes like smoking cessation, according to a report by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
CCP awarded USAID grant for worldwide malaria project
November 9, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs has been awarded a five-year grant from the United States Agency for International Development to ensure the distribution and proper use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, known as LLINs, in malaria endemic countries.
SPH researchers identify workings of L-form bacteria
October 19, 2009
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study published Oct. 6 in the journal PLoS ONE.
Reaching out in time of need
October 12, 2009
The university’s 2009 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday, will stress efficiency and maximize the dollars donated like never before, according to campaign leadership.
Countries slow to use lifesaving diarrhea treatments for children
October 12, 2009
Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts, or ORS, and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in implementing these lifesaving techniques, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.