Category: School of Medicine
Stent added during minimally invasive surgery prevents bulging vessels
October 3, 2011
The addition of a simple stent can help prevent potentially lethal blood vessel bulges in the brain from recurring after they are repaired in a minimally invasive “coiling” procedure, according to new research by Johns Hopkins physicians. A report on the research, published in the July Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, could make coiling a more […]
Uninsured trauma patients more likely to use ED for follow-up
October 3, 2011
Providing access to an outpatient clinic isn’t enough to keep some trauma patients who have been discharged from the hospital from returning to the emergency department for follow-up care, even for such minor needs as pain medication refills and dressing changes, according to new Johns Hopkins research. Reporting in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the […]
Predicting which ARVD patients are at risk of sudden cardiac death
October 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins experts in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, or ARVD, have defined a set of criteria that could be used to assess a patient’s need for an implanted defibrillator to prevent sudden death. In a study published in the Sept. 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that is now online, […]
NICU in children’s hospital to be named for Sutland/Pakula family
October 3, 2011
The state-of-the-art 45-bed neonatal intensive care unit on the eighth floor of the new Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center at Johns Hopkins will be named the Sutland/Pakula Family Newborn Critical Care Center to honor the family’s continuing generosity to Johns Hopkins. The most recent gifts from the family include support for construction of the neonatal […]
Johns Hopkins researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo
September 26, 2011
A team of researchers says it has discovered why so many people undergoing magnetic resonance imaging, especially in newer high-strength machines, get vertigo, or the dizzy sensation of free-falling, while inside or when coming out of the tunnel-like machine. In a new study published in Current Biology online Sept. 22, a team led by Johns Hopkins […]
Scientists uncover how pacemaker works at the biological level
September 26, 2011
Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins have figured out how a widely used pacemaker for heart failure, which makes both sides of the heart beat together to pump effectively, works at the biological level. Their findings, published in the Sept. 14 issue of Science Translational Medicine, may open the door to drugs or genetic therapies that […]
NIH Director’s Awards go to three JHU scientists for work that challenges status quo, speeds translation of research
September 26, 2011
A pioneer in the field of epigenetics who has been spearheading the use of genomewide technology for epigenetics research, a researcher who has revealed a weakness in the tuberculosis bacterium that makes it more susceptible to antibiotics and a scientist who seeks to revolutionize new methods for toxicological testing to improve human health and reduce animal […]
James Connaughton, pediatric psychiatrist, beloved teacher, 80
September 19, 2011
James Patrick Connaughton, professor emeritus of psychiatry and pediatrics and a superbly talented clinician who treated and cared for some of East Baltimore’s most vulnerable children, died on Sept. 11 at his Woodbrook home. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Connaughton, who was 80, had been treated for the disease at the Johns Hopkins […]
‘Synthetic’ chromosome permits ‘evolution’ of yeast
September 19, 2011
In the quest to understand genomes—how they’re built, how they’re organized and what makes them work—a team of Johns Hopkins researchers has engineered from scratch a computer-designed yeast chromosome and incorporated into its creation a new system that lets scientists intentionally rearrange the yeast’s genetic material. A report of their work appears Sept. 14 as […]
Individual health insurance mandate important for patients, doctors
September 12, 2011
Editor’s note: Due to a technical error, an unrelated story ran with the above headline in the Sept. 6 issue of The Gazette. The correct story appears below. We regret the error. While the battle over the legality of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring most individuals to purchase health insurance continues to be fought, […]