Category: School of Medicine
Crunching the numbers on hormone-related disorders in U.S.
September 14, 2009
A dogged review of the medical literature has produced what is believed to be the nation’s first comprehensive estimate of the extent of dozens of endocrine disorders in the United States.
Finding: Hepatitis C treatment options equally effective
September 14, 2009
Study redefines treatment for the potentially deadly liver-damaging disease
Kidney stones can be prevented in seizure patients on high-fat diet
September 14, 2009
Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of potassium citrate the day they start the diet, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
Drug yields positive response in people with skin, brain cancer
September 7, 2009
The Hedgehog signaling pathway is involved in a preliminary study and case report describing positive responses to an experimental anticancer drug in a majority of people with advanced or metastatic basal cell skin cancers. One patient with the most common type of pediatric brain cancer, medulloblastoma, also showed tumor shrinkage. Initial results of the drug […]
Disclosing financial conflicts of interest may not be enough
September 7, 2009
Disclosure of financial conflicts of interest to potential participants in research is important but may have a limited role in managing these conflicts, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins, Duke and Wake Forest. The study’s recommendations provide a framework for establishing sound policy and practices for how best to disclose financial conflicts of […]
HIV subtype linked to increased likelihood for dementia
September 7, 2009
Patients infected with a particular subtype of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are more likely to develop dementia than patients with other subtypes, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers shows. The finding, reported in the September issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, is the first to demonstrate that the specific type of […]
Surgical scrub solution: Good for critically ill patients, too
September 7, 2009
Chlorhexidine bathing is cheap, effective means of protection from superbugs Giving critically ill hospital patients a daily bath with a mild, soapy solution of the same antibacterial agent used by surgeons to “scrub in” before an operation can dramatically cut down, by as much as 73 percent, the number of patients who develop potentially deadly […]
Computational process zeroes in on top genetic cancer suspects
August 31, 2009
Johns Hopkins engineers have devised innovative computer software that can sift through hundreds of genetic mutations and highlight the DNA changes that are most likely to promote cancer. The goal is to provide critical help to researchers who are poring over numerous newly discovered gene mutations, many of which are harmless or have no connection […]
Common sleeping disorder ups chances of dying for snorers
August 31, 2009
Nightly bouts of interrupted, oxygen-deprived sleep from a collapsed airway in the upper neck raise the chances of dying in middle-aged to elderly people by as much as 46 percent in the most severe cases, according to a landmark study on sleep apnea by lung experts at Johns Hopkins and six other U.S. medical centers […]
Milk safe, even encouraged for some kids after allergy treatment
August 31, 2009
Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and published in the Aug. 10 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Investigators followed up with a subset of children who […]