http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/index.html News about Johns Hopkins Medicine activities in patient care, research, and education. en-us Johns Hopkins Copyright 2010 The Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology is expanding its breast imaging services with the use of a new technology, tomosynthesis or 3-D mammography. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_offers_latest_diagnostic_technology_3_d_mammograms Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_offers_latest_diagnostic_technology_3_d_mammograms Scientists at Johns Hopkins have turned their view of osteoarthritis (OA) inside out. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/osteoarthritis_progression_halted_in_mice Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/osteoarthritis_progression_halted_in_mice Hugh Calkins, M.D., has been elected president of the Heart Rhythm Society, an international organization of more than 5,800 specialists in heart rhythm disorders from 72 countries. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_arrhythmia_specialist_hugh_calkins_becomes_president_of_the_heart_rhythm_society Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_arrhythmia_specialist_hugh_calkins_becomes_president_of_the_heart_rhythm_society Frederick L. Brancati, M.D., M.H.S., an internationally recognized expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes, and longtime director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday after a long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/frederick_l_brancati_md_mhs_1959_2013 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/frederick_l_brancati_md_mhs_1959_2013 Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/despite_new_recommendations_women_in_40s_continue_to_get_routine_mammograms_at_same_rate Wed, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/despite_new_recommendations_women_in_40s_continue_to_get_routine_mammograms_at_same_rate Reading Hospital, an affiliate member of Reading Health System in Reading, Pa., is the latest regional independent medical center to become a member of Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network (JHCRN). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/reading_hospital_joins_johns_hopkins_clinical_research_network Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/reading_hospital_joins_johns_hopkins_clinical_research_network Experiments at Johns Hopkins have unearthed clues about which protein signaling molecules are allowed into hollow, hair-like “antennae,” called cilia, that alert cells to critical changes in their environments. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/research_on_cilia_heats_up_implications_for_hearing_vision_loss_and_kidney_disease Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/research_on_cilia_heats_up_implications_for_hearing_vision_loss_and_kidney_disease People with higher levels of cadmium in their urine — evidence of chronic exposure to the heavy metal found in industrial emissions and tobacco smoke — appear to be nearly 3.5 times more likely to die of liver disease than those with lower levels, according to a study by Johns Hopkins scientists. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/elevated_cadmium_levels_linked_to_liver_disease Thu, 9 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/elevated_cadmium_levels_linked_to_liver_disease By monitoring the behavior of a class of cells in the brains of living mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins discovered that these cells remain highly dynamic in the adult brain, where they transform into cells that insulate nerve fibers and help form scars that aid in tissue repair. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/researchers_discover_dynamic_behavior_of_progenitor_cells_in_brain Thu, 9 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/researchers_discover_dynamic_behavior_of_progenitor_cells_in_brain Award-winning journalist, best-selling author, well-known cancer advocate and talk-show host Katie Couric will be the keynote speaker at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s 19th annual A Woman’s Journey (AWJ) symposium Saturday, Nov. 16, in Baltimore. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/katie_couric_to_headline_hopkins_annual_womens_health_symposium Wed, 8 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/katie_couric_to_headline_hopkins_annual_womens_health_symposium The National Institutes of Health has announced that Janice E. Clements, Ph.D., is among 10 experts selected to advise the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on policies and activities of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/janice_clements_johns_hopkins_professor_and_vice_dean_is_named_to_nih_council_of_councils Wed, 8 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/janice_clements_johns_hopkins_professor_and_vice_dean_is_named_to_nih_council_of_councils Johns Hopkins researchers believe they may have discovered an explanation for the sleepless nights associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS), a symptom that persists even when the disruptive, overwhelming nocturnal urge to move the legs is treated successfully with medication. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/restless_legs_syndrome_insomnia_and_brain_chemistry_a_tangled_mystery_solved Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/restless_legs_syndrome_insomnia_and_brain_chemistry_a_tangled_mystery_solved To improve patient safety, hospitals should randomly test physicians for drug and alcohol use in much the same way other major industries in the United States do to protect their customers. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/all_hospitals_should_require_drug_alcohol_tests_for_physicians Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/all_hospitals_should_require_drug_alcohol_tests_for_physicians An international team of researchers, led by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins, reports that a once-daily tablet containing a high dose of a key ragweed pollen protein effectively blocks the runny noses, sneezes, nasal congestion and itchy eyes experienced by ragweed allergy sufferers. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_demonstrates_that_once_a_day_pill_offers_relief_from_ragweed_allergy_symptoms Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_demonstrates_that_once_a_day_pill_offers_relief_from_ragweed_allergy_symptoms Allergy shots are commonly used to treat children with severe environmental allergies and asthma, but under-the-tongue drops may offer yet another beneficial — and stick-free — option for pediatric allergy sufferers, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center review of existing scientific evidence. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/oral_drops_can_give_kids_needle_free_relief_from_asthma_allergies Mon, 6 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/oral_drops_can_give_kids_needle_free_relief_from_asthma_allergies Six Johns Hopkins nurses have been named finalists in the 2013 Nurse.com Nursing Excellence GEM (Giving Excellence Meaning) awards program for Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/_six_johns_hopkins_nurses_recognized_for_nursing_excellence Mon, 6 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/_six_johns_hopkins_nurses_recognized_for_nursing_excellence Steven J. Thompson, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), has won one of the World Trade Center Institute’s Annual International Business Leadership Awards for 2013. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/steven_thompson_ceo_of_johns_hopkins_medicine_international_receives_prestigious_business_award Fri, 3 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/steven_thompson_ceo_of_johns_hopkins_medicine_international_receives_prestigious_business_award Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) will open its newest practice on Monday, May 6, at 8160 Maple Lawn Blvd. in Fulton, Md. It will be located in the heart of the Maple Lawn Business District. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_community_physicians_to_open_new_location_in_fulton Fri, 3 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_community_physicians_to_open_new_location_in_fulton Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a gene that, when repressed in tumor cells, puts a halt to cell growth and a range of processes needed for tumors to enlarge and spread to distant sites. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/making_cancer_less_cancerous Thu, 2 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/making_cancer_less_cancerous A small survey of U.S. obstetrics and gynecology residents finds that fewer than one in five receives formal training in menopause medicine, and that seven in 10 would like to receive it. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_johns_hopkins_physicians_inducted_into_american_society_for_clinical_investigation Thu, 2 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_johns_hopkins_physicians_inducted_into_american_society_for_clinical_investigation A small survey of U.S. obstetrics and gynecology residents finds that fewer than one in five receives formal training in menopause medicine, and that seven in 10 would like to receive it. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/what_do_obgyns_in_training_learn_about_menopause_not_nearly_enough_new_study_suggests Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT hhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/what_do_obgyns_in_training_learn_about_menopause_not_nearly_enough_new_study_suggestsr The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Amsterdam, with the Spinoza Foundation Amsterdam, has awarded the 2013 Spinoza Chair in medicine to Andrew Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H., Gilman Scholar and director of the Center for Epigenetics in the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/andrew_feinberg_awarded_spinoza_chair Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/andrew_feinberg_awarded_spinoza_chair Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and “frivolous” payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care resources. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/catastrophic_malpractice_payouts_add_little_to_health_cares_rising_costs Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/catastrophic_malpractice_payouts_add_little_to_health_cares_rising_costs Jef Boeke, Ph.D., a professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, is one of the 84 new members elected this year to the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jef_boeke_elected_to_national_academy_of_sciences Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jef_boeke_elected_to_national_academy_of_sciences In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/vitamin_d_more_may_not_be_better Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/vitamin_d_more_may_not_be_better A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study in mice may help explain why women are more prone than men to a form of liver damage by implicating the female sex hormone estrogen in the development of autoimmune hepatitis. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/estrogen_fuels_autoimmune_liver_damage Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/estrogen_fuels_autoimmune_liver_damage Time magazine has named Johns Hopkins Children’s Center HIV expert Deborah Persaud, M.D., one of the world’s 100 most influential people for 2013. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/time_magazine_names_johns_hopkins_pediatric_hiv_expert_deborah_persaud_to_2013_world_list_of_top_100_influential_people Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/time_magazine_names_johns_hopkins_pediatric_hiv_expert_deborah_persaud_to_2013_world_list_of_top_100_influential_people The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected Johns Hopkins researcher Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D., as part of its class of 2013. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jh_researcher_elected_to_aaas Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jh_researcher_elected_to_aaas Paul S. Lietman, M.D., Ph.D., a specialist in bacterial and viral infections who was the longtime chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an influential teacher and mentor to generations of Hopkins medical students and scientists, died at his Baltimore home on April 20 of congestive heart failure. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/in_memoriam_paul_s_lietman_md_phd Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/in_memoriam_paul_s_lietman_md_phd Medical interns spend just 12 percent of their time examining and talking with patients, and more than 40 percent of their time behind a computer, according to a new Johns Hopkins study that closely followed first-year residents at Baltimore’s two large academic medical centers. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/doctors_in_training_spend_very_little_time_at_patient_bedside_study_finds Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/doctors_in_training_spend_very_little_time_at_patient_bedside_study_finds The Association of American Physicians (AAP) has elected Johns Hopkins researchers Stephen Desiderio, Hal Dietz, Drew Pardoll, Jeremy Sugarman and David Valle as new members. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_johns_hopkins_researchers_elected_to_association_of_american_physicians Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_johns_hopkins_researchers_elected_to_association_of_american_physicians In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors — not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses — accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, and the highest total of penalty payouts. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/diagnostic_errors_more_common_costly_and_harmful_than_treatment_mistakes Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/diagnostic_errors_more_common_costly_and_harmful_than_treatment_mistakes In a small study of 39 primary care doctors and 208 of their patients, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that physicians built much less of an emotional rapport with their overweight and obese patients than with their patients of normal weight. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_physicians_less_likely_to_bond_with_overweight_patients Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_physicians_less_likely_to_bond_with_overweight_patients The Warburton Family Foundation, based in Hudson, Ohio, has donated $1 million to the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute at The Johns Hopkins University. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/warburton_family_foundation_gift_establishes_fellowship_in_urologic_oncology_at_johns_hopkins Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/warburton_family_foundation_gift_establishes_fellowship_in_urologic_oncology_at_johns_hopkins Officials at The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) report a 200,000-pound decrease in the amount of trash produced each month — a 17 percent drop in just the first five months of a campaign begun in October 2012. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/officials_report_early_success_in_campaign_to_reduce_trash_and_medical_waste_at_the_johns_hopkins_hospital Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/officials_report_early_success_in_campaign_to_reduce_trash_and_medical_waste_at_the_johns_hopkins_hospital Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of a hospital’s service quality, but new Johns Hopkins research suggests that it doesn’t necessarily reflect the quality of the surgical care patients receive. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/patient_satisfaction_with_hospital_stay_does_not_reflect_quality_of_surgical_care Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/patient_satisfaction_with_hospital_stay_does_not_reflect_quality_of_surgical_care Pioneering research led by Johns Hopkins scientists on the use of partially matched bone marrow transplants to wipe out sickle cell disease has been selected as one of the Top 10 Clinical Research Achievements of 2012 by the Clinical Research Forum. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/sickle_cell_disease_research_among_top_10_clinical_research_achievements_of_2012 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/sickle_cell_disease_research_among_top_10_clinical_research_achievements_of_2012 While studying rats’ ability to navigate familiar territory, Johns Hopkins scientists found that one particular brain structure uses remembered spatial information to imagine routes the rats then follow. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/rat_brain_gps_maps_routes_to_rewards Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/rat_brain_gps_maps_routes_to_rewards Research at Johns Hopkins suggests that if hospitals would show physicians the price of some diagnostic laboratory tests at the time the tests are ordered, doctors would order substantially fewer of them or search for lower-priced alternatives. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/comparison_shopping_by_doctors_saves_money Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/comparison_shopping_by_doctors_saves_money Johns Hopkins genetics researchers Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D., and David Valle, M.D., will each present at the joint conference of the Human Genome Meeting 2013 and the 21st International Congress of Genetics. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_experts_to_present_genetics_advances_at_international_meeting_this_weekend Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_experts_to_present_genetics_advances_at_international_meeting_this_weekend Johns Hopkins scientists have created a free, Web-based tool to help patients decide whether it's best to accept an immediately available, but less-than-ideal deceased donor kidney for transplant, or wait for a healthier one in the future. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/take_a_kidney_transplant_now_or_wait_for_a_better_one_johns_hopkins_researchers_create_web_based_decision_tool_to_help_patients_choose Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/take_a_kidney_transplant_now_or_wait_for_a_better_one_johns_hopkins_researchers_create_web_based_decision_tool_to_help_patients_choose Amanda Nickles Fader, M.D., a widely published and internationally recognized surgeon with a specialty in minimally invasive women’s cancer surgery and obesity and cancer, has joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as director of the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service and director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/amanda_nickles_fader_md_joins_johns_hopkins_as_director_of_gynecologic_oncology_service_ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/amanda_nickles_fader_md_joins_johns_hopkins_as_director_of_gynecologic_oncology_service_ A team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has found that a protein long believed to have a minor role in type 2 diabetes is, in fact, a central player in the development of the condition that affects nearly 26 million people in the United States alone and counts as one of the leading causes of heart disease, stroke and kidney, eye and nerve damage. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/unusual_suspect_johns_hopkins_scientists_find_second_fiddle_protein_has_leading_role_in_type_2_diabetes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/unusual_suspect_johns_hopkins_scientists_find_second_fiddle_protein_has_leading_role_in_type_2_diabetes A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_federal_guidelines_for_treating_teen_pid_need_clarification Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_federal_guidelines_for_treating_teen_pid_need_clarification We’re all fatheads. That is, our brain cells are packed with fat molecules, more of them than almost any other cell type. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/fatheads_how_neurons_protect_themselves_against_excess_fat_ Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/fatheads_how_neurons_protect_themselves_against_excess_fat_ Honorees at AACR Annual Meeting 2013 include Johns Hopkins cancer scientists. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/aacr_selects_johns_hopkins_faculty_for_awards_board_of_directors_and_inaugural_fellows Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/aacr_selects_johns_hopkins_faculty_for_awards_board_of_directors_and_inaugural_fellows Johns Hopkins scientists have found out how a gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to the disease: by causing a breakdown in a cellular pump that clears an acidic waste product from the bloodstream. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/protein_cousin_sheds_light_on_gout_linked_relative Fri, 5 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/protein_cousin_sheds_light_on_gout_linked_relative On April 3, South Korea’s Ho-Am Foundation announced that Johns Hopkins researcher Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D., has won this year’s Ho-Am Prize in Medicine. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_researcher_wins_ho_am_prize_in_medicine Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_researcher_wins_ho_am_prize_in_medicine Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D., director of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was recently appointed editor-in-chief of a new scientific journal, Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jeffrey_palmer_named_editor_in_chief_of_new_scientific_journal Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/jeffrey_palmer_named_editor_in_chief_of_new_scientific_journal Paul B. Rothman, M.D., the dean/CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, has appointed Roy Ziegelstein, M.D., an acclaimed cardiologist and award-winning teacher, as the new vice dean for education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/roy_ziegelstein_acclaimed_cardiologist_and_teacher__named_johns_hopkins_medicines_new_vice_dean_of_education Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/roy_ziegelstein_acclaimed_cardiologist_and_teacher__named_johns_hopkins_medicines_new_vice_dean_of_education Johns Hopkins scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal degenerative disease. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/researchers_discover_new_clues_about_how_amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis_als_develops Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/researchers_discover_new_clues_about_how_amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis_als_develops A 24-year-old hearing-impaired baseball fan from Annapolis, Md., hopes to raise $1 million to help others facing hearing loss, so they too can experience in what he calls his "miracle," the cochlear implant performed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1999 that restored much of his hearing when he was 10 years old. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/now_hear_this_annapolis_baseball_fan_riding_bike_to_all_30_major_league_stadiums_to_help_fund_hearing_devices Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/now_hear_this_annapolis_baseball_fan_riding_bike_to_all_30_major_league_stadiums_to_help_fund_hearing_devices Five Johns Hopkins students and trainees have been selected as finalists in a competition to find creative new approaches to treating metastatic cancer. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_young_johns_hopkins_scientists_compete_for_the_rangos_award_for_creativity_in_cancer_discovery Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/five_young_johns_hopkins_scientists_compete_for_the_rangos_award_for_creativity_in_cancer_discovery A scientific review of 63 published studies affirms that putting small amounts of purified grasses, ragweed, dust mites, pollen and mold, in liquid drops under the tongue is a safe and effective alternative to weekly injections of those allergens or the use of other medications, in treating symptoms of allergies and allergic asthma in some people. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hate_allergy_shots_oral_allergy_drops_are_a_pretty_good_option_for_some_allergy_and_allergic_asthma_sufferers_study_review_shows Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hate_allergy_shots_oral_allergy_drops_are_a_pretty_good_option_for_some_allergy_and_allergic_asthma_sufferers_study_review_shows In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that the standard formula used for decades to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels is often inaccurate. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/commonly_used_cholesterol_calculation_underestimates_the_heart_disease_danger_for_many_at_high_risk_study_finds Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/commonly_used_cholesterol_calculation_underestimates_the_heart_disease_danger_for_many_at_high_risk_study_finds Limiting the number of continuous hours worked by medical trainees failed to increase the amount of sleep each intern got per week, but dramatically increased the number of potentially dangerous handoffs of patients from one trainee to another, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/reducing_work_hours_for_medical_interns_increases_patient_handoff_risks Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/reducing_work_hours_for_medical_interns_increases_patient_handoff_risks Through a program that teaches simple nutrition messages and involves both counseling and regular exercise classes, people with serious mental illness can make healthy behavioral changes and achieve significant weight loss, according to new Johns Hopkins research. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_serious_mental_illness_no_barrier_to_weight_loss_success Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_serious_mental_illness_no_barrier_to_weight_loss_success The Wilmer Eye Institute is the first place in Maryland to implant the Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) since its approval by the FDA. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/implantable_telescope_lens_to_treat_macular_degeneration_available_at_johns_hopkins Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/implantable_telescope_lens_to_treat_macular_degeneration_available_at_johns_hopkins A new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows the real-estate mantra also holds true when it comes to choosing correct catheter placement in children. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/close_to_the_heart_catheters_safer_for_hospitalized_children Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/close_to_the_heart_catheters_safer_for_hospitalized_children In a small, preliminary study of regular migraine sufferers, scientists have found that measuring a fat-derived protein called adiponectin (ADP) before and after migraine treatment can accurately reveal which headache victims felt pain relief. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/blood_levels_of_fat_cell_hormone_may_predict_severity_of_migraines Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/blood_levels_of_fat_cell_hormone_may_predict_severity_of_migraines A team of interventional neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins reports wide success with a new procedure to treat pseudotumor cerebri, a rare but potentially blinding condition marked by excessive pressure inside the skull, caused by a dangerous narrowing of a vein located at the base of the brain. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/brain_stent_offers_alternative_to_shunt_for_fixing_potentially_blinding_vein_narrowing Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/brain_stent_offers_alternative_to_shunt_for_fixing_potentially_blinding_vein_narrowing A small study of 20 people with Parkinson's disease suggests that "virtual house calls" using Web-based video conferencing provide clinical benefits comparable to in-person physician office visits, while saving patients and their caregivers time and travel. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_virtual_house_calls_comparable_to_in_person_care_for_people_with_parkinsons_disease Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_virtual_house_calls_comparable_to_in_person_care_for_people_with_parkinsons_disease In laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found that stem cells from a patient's own fat may have the potential to deliver new treatments directly into the brain after the surgical removal of a glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/using_fat_to_fight_brain_cancer Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/using_fat_to_fight_brain_cancer An additional 1,000 patients could undergo kidney transplants in the United States annually if hospitals performed more transplants using paired kidney exchanges, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/after_years_of_growth_fewer_transplants_done_through_kidney_chains Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/after_years_of_growth_fewer_transplants_done_through_kidney_chains Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a high-efficiency cell-cell fusion system, providing a new model to study how fusion works. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/pushing_the_boundaries Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/pushing_the_boundaries A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to results of a small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/is_it_a_stroke_or_benign_dizziness_a_simple_bedside_test_can_tell Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/is_it_a_stroke_or_benign_dizziness_a_simple_bedside_test_can_tell Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute’s new office in Bethesda, Md., at the Air Rights Center (West Tower) is now welcoming patients. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_wilmer_eye_institute_opens_new_location_in_montgomery_county Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_wilmer_eye_institute_opens_new_location_in_montgomery_county