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Awakenings Ronni Cohn’s “out there” ideas about squirrels and hibernation are turning out to have surprising muscle—holding new promise for patients inactivated by aging, hospitalization, or wasting disease. By Maryalice Yakutchik Take Two Carrots and Call Me in the Morning Eating the right foods and spices could go a long way toward staving off everything from gut ailments to cancer, say Hopkins experts. They share their tips for stocking a health-promoting pantry. By Mat Edelson Judgment Day Pancreatic cancer looms as one of medicine’s most unforgiving monsters. Yet every Tuesday, a team of 20 experts here converge over a few desperate patients who come from all over for life-changing second opinions. By Ramsey Flynn     Circling the Dome The Nobel’s new glow. Expanding the boundaries of care. Dinosaur Doc. Walking—and talking—in their shoes. Medical Rounds Dawn of the sensitive surgeon. Less is more with corneal transplant surgery. Mr. Bot makes prostate biopsies more precise than ever. Annals of Hopkins The Osler Service and the The Tie that binds. By Janet Farrar Worthington. News from and about graduates. Learning Curve Time to Listen. By Dan Munoz, '04 Post-Op Perilous times ahead? Why academic medical centers should be key to health care reform. By Dean/CEO Edward D. Miller, M.D.

 

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