Preliminary Study Suggests Zinc May Help Diabetics - 11/10/14
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and elsewhere have found that genetic differences may account for why zinc supplements are more beneficial to some people than to others for the prevention and control of diabetes. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 10, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Dr. Lisa Cooper Wins Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges - 11/10/14
Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Herbert W. Nickens Award by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 10, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Getting to the Heart of the Heart - 11/5/14
For years, a multidisciplinary team of Johns Hopkins researchers has tracked an elusive creature, a complex of proteins thought to be at fault in some cases of sudden cardiac death. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 5, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Insight into the Neuroscience of Choking under Pressure - 11/4/14
Everyone knows the scene: a basketball player at the free throw line, bouncing the ball as he concentrates on the basket. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 4, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins and CDC Ebola Training Modules for Health Care Workers Now Available - 11/4/14
The Ebola virus disease training modules for health care workers developed in collaboration between experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are now available. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 4, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Shutting Down Energy to Brain Cancer - 11/4/14
A multicenter team of researchers has identified an enzyme key to the survival and spread of glioblastoma cancer cells that is not present in healthy brain cells, making the enzyme a promising therapeutic target. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 4, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
How Cells Know Which Way To Go - 10/27/14
A common protein plays a different role than previously thought in the opening and closing of channels that let ions flow in and out of our cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins report. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 27, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Blood Vessel Growth in the Brain Relies on a Protein Found in Tumor Blood Vessels - 10/27/14
Do blood vessels that feed tumors differ from other blood vessels? (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 27, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Algae in Your Throat? Scientists Discover Algae Virus in Humans - 10/27/14
Scientists from Johns Hopkins and the University of Nebraska have discovered an algae virus never before seen in the throats of healthy people that may subtly alter a range of cognitive functions including visual processing and spatial orientation in those who harbor it. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 27, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Documents Millions in Unused Medical Supplies in U.S. Operating Rooms Each Year - 10/27/14
A Johns Hopkins research team reports that major hospitals across the U.S. collectively throw away at least $15 million a year in unused operating room surgical supplies that could be salvaged and used to ease critical shortages, improve surgical care and boost public health in developing countries. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 27, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Poop Color Screening Could Prevent Deaths, Avert Liver Transplants and Lower Treatment Costs in Babies with Rare Liver Disease - 10/27/14
Paying attention to the color of a newborn’s poop can mean the difference between life and death for babies with the rare liver disorder biliary atresia — the leading cause of liver transplants in children. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 27, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
CDC and Johns Hopkins Collaborate to Develop Ebola Training Module for Nurses, Physicians and Health Care Workers - 10/24/14
Johns Hopkins Medicine has collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to design an interactive Web-based learning program that guides health care workers, nurses and physicians through government-approved protocols to aid clinicians as they provide care to patients who may be at risk of contracting the Ebola virus. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 24, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Gives New View On How Cells Control What Comes In And Out - 10/24/14
A common protein plays a different role than previously thought in the opening and closing of channels that let ions flow in and out of our cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins report. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 24, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Identifies Best Way to Treat Neck Pain - 10/23/14
A multicenter study of 169 men and women with a common form of neck pain suggests that both spinal steroid injections and conservative treatment with physical therapy and painkillers work equally well to relieve pain in the short term. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 23, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins And Morgan State Team Up To Train A More Diverse Biomedical Workforce - 10/22/14
Morgan State University has been awarded a $23.3 million grant, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - October 22, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: news
