Category: School of Medicine
Set of specific interventions can improve hospital safety ‘culture’
December 6, 2010
A prescribed set of hospitalwide patient-safety programs can lead to rapid improvements in the “culture of safety” even in a large, complex academic medical center, according to a new study by safety experts at Johns Hopkins. “It doesn’t take decades or tons of money to get from a culture that says ‘mistakes are inevitable’ to […]
Mysterious cells may play role in ALS, Johns Hopkins researchers find
December 6, 2010
By tracking the fate of a group of immature cells that persist in the adult brain and spinal cord, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered in mice that these cells undergo dramatic changes in ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. A study reported Nov. 17 online in Neuron shows that these cells, called NG2+, grow and […]
Money awarded to researchers turning science into business
November 29, 2010
A Johns Hopkins researcher who designed a programmable vibrating wristband to treat neurological motor disorders has been awarded $50,000 to help in her quest to develop the product for market. Cynthia F. Salorio, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a pediatric neuropsychologist at the Kennedy […]
Q&A with School of Medicine’s Ed Miller
November 15, 2010
This is part of a yearlong series of talks with the leaders of Johns Hopkins’ nine academic divisions and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Edward D. Miller, the 13th dean of the School of Medicine and inaugural CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, has symmetrically entered the 13th year of his tenure. The university’s currently longest-serving dean […]
Women take note: High cholesterol in middle age not a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, other dementias
November 15, 2010
High cholesterol levels in middle age do not appear to increase women’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia later in life, new Johns Hopkins–led research finds, despite a body of scientific evidence long suggesting a link between the two. What the study, published online Nov. 10 in the journal Neurology, does […]
Long hours + multiple nights on call = surgeon burnout
November 8, 2010
Just as with everyone else perhaps, the more hours surgeons work, and the more nights they spend on call each week, the more likely they are to face burnout, depression, dissatisfaction with their careers and serious work-home conflicts, according to a major new study led by Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic researchers. Yet a forced […]
Immune system’s bare essentials used to detect drug targets
November 8, 2010
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have taken a less-is-more approach to designing effective drug treatments that are precisely tailored to disease-causing pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria, and cancer cells, any of which can trigger the body’s immune system defenses. In a report published in the issue of Nature Medicine online Oct. 31, researchers describe a […]
Expectant moms and peanuts: Maybe not a good idea
November 8, 2010
Babies born to mothers who eat peanuts during pregnancy appear more prone to peanut allergy, according to research conducted by scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere and published online Oct. 29 in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The research team was led by Scott Sicherer, of the Mount Sinai School of […]
Positively negative: Cellular structure’s ‘enforcer’ role discovered
November 8, 2010
When cells make the proteins that carry out virtually every function of life, it’s vital that the right things happen at the right times, and—maybe more important—that wrong things are stopped from happening at the wrong times. Now Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a structure inside a cell’s protein-making machinery performs an unexpected negative […]
One in two depressed teens prone to recurrence after recovery
November 8, 2010
Research conducted at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere shows that regardless of the type of treatment they get, nearly half of severely depressed teens who recover from a depressive episode are likely to slip back into depression within two to three years. The findings of the multicenter NIH-funded study, which appears in the […]