Featured Stories

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  Priority Access Primary Care

  A new program is targeting people with exceptional medical and psychosocial needs. Discover how it reduced costly emergency room visits and empowered patients to regain their health. 

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  3-D Printed Bone

  Recent research has shed light on the ideal "recipe" for 3-D printed bones. Learn which mix of natural and man-made components works best. 

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  Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

  Patient safety experts have warned that 10 percent of all U.S. deaths are now due to medical error, highlighting the dire need for patient safety reform.

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  Leading the Change: Choosing Wisely

  Studies have shown that several tests and procedures are often unnecessary and inefficient. Hear from Dean/CEO Paul B. Rothman about what's being done to reduce waste and elevate care.

News & Views

• Dodging Dementia

  In the coming decade, it's estimated that the number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease will rise by more than 40 percent. Learn four simple daily habits that could help protect your brain health.

• Homegrown Talent

  Keeping The Johns Hopkins Hospital supplied is a massive, round-the-clock challenge that requires experts in coordination, planning, warehousing and other specialties. See how a new program is helping the hospital hum along — and allowing local workers to find their niche.

• Better Connections, Worse Hearing?

  Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear. However, new studies suggest a different story. Discover what researchers think is really causing hearing loss in older adults.

• Johns Hopkins’ Commitment to Baltimore

  Johns Hopkins’ commitment to Baltimore is not new — it was inherent in the founding of our institutions and in countless initiatives in the decades since. Read the letter from Johns Hopkins leaders Paul B. Rothman, Ronald R. Peterson and Ronald J. Daniels to the Johns Hopkins community about the continuing efforts to make the city stronger.

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Following a Hunch, Startup Develops Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer Test

Pap tests, routinely used to screen for cervical cancer, may soon be getting an upgrade. See how a team of researchers is working to expand their use to detect ovarian and endometrial cancers too.