Issue: 2012 January 17
Calendar — January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012
COLLOQUIA Fri., Jan. 20, 2 p.m. “The Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident and Lessons Learned for Emergency Response in the U.S.,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Randolph Sullivan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Parsons Auditorium. APL DISCUSSION/ TALKS Fri., Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m. “Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Gary Vikan, director, Walters […]
Classifieds — January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Brewers Hill, rehabbed 2BR, 2.5BA TH, gourmet kitchen, fin’d bsmt, deck, no pets, avail Feb 1. $1,850/mo. 410-303-1214 or hudsonstreetrental@hotmail.com. Canton/Fells Point (603 S Patterson Park), 2BR, 2.5BA renov’d RH, 1,500 sq ft, CAC, hdwd flrs, expos’d brick, extra rms, laundry, rooftop deck, walk to park. $1,650/mo. fionalydon@hotmail.com. Charles Village, newly renov’d […]
JHM collaborates with Healthways on weight-loss program
January 17, 2012
Building on the success of recent Johns Hopkins research showing that obese participants were able to lose significant weight and keep it off for two years using telephone coaching and a specially designed website, Johns Hopkins Medicine is collaborating with Healthways to help bring the innovative weight-loss program to many more who could benefit from […]
Hopkins endocrinologist elected to Society for Pediatric Research
January 17, 2012
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center endocrinologist Scott Blackman has been inducted into the Society for Pediatric Research, one of the most coveted selections in academic pediatrics. Honored for his original research in the genetic and molecular underpinnings of diabetes, Blackman is one of 138 members elected to the society this year. The society’s mission is to […]
High blood pressure, anemia put sickle cell kids at risk for strokes
January 17, 2012
A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Vanderbilt University and elsewhere have demonstrated that high blood pressure and anemia together put children with sickle cell disease at serious danger for symptomless, or “silent,” strokes, although either condition alone also signaled high risk. The results are part of an ongoing National Institutes of Health–funded […]
Beyrer to receive honorary doctorate in Thailand
January 17, 2012
Chris Beyrer, director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Johns Hopkins University Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, will receive an honorary doctorate in health science this week from Chiang Mai University in northern Thailand. The award will be given […]
Fewer children require hospitalization after drowning incidents
January 17, 2012
Fewer children required hospitalization following a drowning incident over the last two decades, according to a new study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. According to the study, pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 to 2008. The rates declined significantly for all ages and for both genders, […]
Google Flu Trends: Warning system for emergency departments
January 17, 2012
Monitoring Internet search traffic about influenza may prove to be a better way for hospital emergency rooms to prepare for a surge in sick patients than waiting for outdated government flu case reports. A report on the value of the Internet search tool for emergency departments, studied by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins […]
Study helps predict which lung cancer drugs most likely to work
January 17, 2012
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that DNA changes in a gene that drives the growth of a form of lung cancer can make the cancer’s cells resistant to cancer drugs. The findings show that some classes of drugs won’t work, and certain types of so-called kinase inhibitors such as erlotinib may be the most […]
Found: Major gene mutation associated with prostate cancer risk
January 17, 2012
After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease. A report on the discovery, published in the Jan. 12 issue of the New England Journal of […]