Issue: 2011 November 14
Nonemergency angioplasty OK at hospitals without cardiac surgery
November 14, 2011
Hospitals that do not have cardiac surgery capability can perform nonemergency angioplasty and stent implantation as safely as hospitals that do offer cardiac surgery. That is the finding of the nation’s first large randomized study to assess whether patients do just as well having nonemergency angioplasty performed at smaller community hospitals that do not offer […]
Greek night at the Walters
November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Hellenic Students Association and the Walters Art Museum last week co-hosted a presentation of the museum’s Lost & Found: The Secrets of Archimedes exhibit for an intimate gathering of members of the city’s Greek community and out-of-town guests. Among the 70 attendees were U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes; Gregory C. Pappas, president of […]
Soldiers evacuated with headaches don’t return
November 14, 2011
Headaches, a virtually universal human complaint at one time or another, are among the top reasons for medical evacuation of military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for ongoing depletion of active-duty ranks in those countries, according to research led by Johns Hopkins specialists. Just one-third of soldiers sent home because of headaches return to […]
Finding: Healthy people over 70 can safely donate a kidney
November 14, 2011
Kidney transplants performed using organs from live donors over the age of 70 are safe for the donors and lifesaving for the recipients, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. The study shines new light on a long-ignored potential source of organs that could address a profound national shortage. Although the study found that kidneys from older […]
Cafe becomes first ‘zero waste’ dining facility at Homewood
November 13, 2011
Azafran Cafe in the Space Telescope Science Institute has reached a milestone: It’s the first “zero-waste” dining facility on the university’s Homewood campus. Everything used in the cafe is washable, reusable, recyclable or compostable. “Thanks to our partnership with the institute and Johns Hopkins University, our organic waste and our biodegradable to-go containers are now […]