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Prevention in its many forms is the best gift we can offer you this holiday season. We're delighted that the Department of Homeland Security chose Johns Hopkins to lead a consortium developing the most appropriate preparedness and response to various types of disasters. A campaign to protect young children from needless house fires has made remarkable progress. And we can even offer a healthier heart diet. Other research reports in this issue detail the heavy toll employee depression takes on businesses; an international genetic study of sudden cardiac death; promising pancreatic cancer vaccine results; and a less restrictive diet for children with seizures. We've included columns on the importance of broader federal stem cell research and high ethical research standards. If you are an early adopter of pod-casting, you now can receive our new health podcast, a lively discussion of the week's medical news. To learn more about subscribing to this free service, see below. We send best wishes for a healthy and fulfilling new year and hope you enjoy this whimsical holiday poster, a reflection of the massive construction on our campuses:
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-- Ronald R. Peterson, President, Johns Hopkins Health System, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
HOMELAND SECURITY LOCATES CENTER AT HOPKINS
Johns Hopkins' Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) becomes headquarters for a consortium of institutions studying how best to prepare for and respond to large-scale disasters. NICHOLS' CRUSADE TO PROTECT CHILDREN HEATS UP
A two-year effort led by David Nichols leads to an agreement by state officials and public utilities to help families with young children avoid energy shut-offs and reduce the use of unsafe alternatives such as candles and stoves. HOSPITAL EXPANSIONS PROCEED IN BALTIMORE AND COLUMBIA
Construction cranes soon will swing into action on a five-level patient tower at Howard County General Hospital. Meanwhile, a revised budget for Hopkins Hospital's new clinical buildings gains approval from the board of trustees.
Related article: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Enews/Bottomline.html NEUROSCIENCE DEPARTMENT'S RETIRING FOUNDER
Renowned scientist Solomon Snyder is stepping down after a quarter-century of pioneering Hopkins' neuroscience department. His decades of financial gift-giving to the department will insure future neuroscience research.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.snyder11nov11,1,5319002.story RADIOLOGY VENTURE PAYS DIVIDENDS
A new electronic link gives Hopkins physicians direct entry to patient images and reports at American Radiology Services, the fast-growing company set up eight years ago by Johns Hopkins Imaging and three private radiology groups. BOOMING OUTPOST FAR, FAR AWAY
Johns Hopkins Singapore's Division of Biomedical Sciences seeks to fill 40,000 square feet of lab space in a gleaming science complex with 120 world-class researchers.
HOPKINS JOINS INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
The Johns Hopkins Heart Institute receives $1.5 million from the France-based Leducq Foundation for a four-country study of the genetic origins of sudden cardiac death with the goal of finding a screening test.
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION TAKE TOLL ON BUSINESSES
Employees with anxiety and depressive disorders work fewer hours, are more likely to end up on disability and are less productive, a Hopkins psychiatrist finds. BETTER HEART HEALTH THROUGH PROTEINS AND GOOD FAT
A Hopkins team discovers that shifting 10 percent of calories from carbohydrates to either protein-rich foods (mostly from plant sources) or monounsaturated fats (contained in olive and canola oil) provides a major benefit to the heart. PROMISING PANCREATIC CANCER VACCINE RESULTS
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers receive encouraging results in the first two years of a pancreatic cancer vaccine study. So far, 88 percent of patients have survived a year and 76 percent are alive after two years. MODIFIED ATKINS DIET TREATS CHILDHOOD SEIZURES
Researchers at the Pediatric Epilepsy Center find a modified version of a popular, low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet works nearly as well in controlling seizures as the highly restrictive ketogenic diet.
PLEA TO CONGRESS ON STEM CELLS
Dean/CEO Ed Miller worries that if Washington continues to restrain stem cell research we could see a Prohibition-like situation with research moving overseas or into private labs beyond federal controls. REMAINING A TRUSTED AGENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Ethical standards that protect research integrity are essential for Hopkins to continue its mission of discovery through innovations, writes University President Bill Brody.
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