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'Doctor Shopping' by Obese Patients Negatively Affects Health
Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to more emergency room visits, new Johns Hopkins...
5/21/2013 2:25 PM EDT
Genetic Predictors Of Postpartum Depression Uncovered By Johns Hopkins Researchers
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum depression.
5/16/2013 5:00 PM EDT
New Theory on Genesis of Osteoarthritis Comes with Successful Therapy in Mice
Scientists have turned their view of osteoarthritis inside out. Instead of seeing the painful degenerative disease as a problem primarily of the cartilage that cushions joints, they now have evidence that the bone underneath the cartilage is also a...
5/17/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Despite New Recommendations, Women In 40s Continue To Get Routine Mammograms At Same Rate
Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research.
5/15/2013 11:50 AM EDT
Research On Cilia Heats Up: Implications For Hearing, Vision Loss And Kidney Disease
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.
5/9/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Elevated Cadmium Levels Linked to Liver 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...
5/9/2013 11:55 AM EDT
Researchers Discover Dynamic Behavior Of Progenitor Cells In Brain
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...
5/9/2013 10:45 AM EDT
All Hospitals Should Require Drug, Alcohol Tests for Physicians
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.
5/7/2013 4:55 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medical Experts Available To Comment On Sports Injuries Among Olympians
7/24/2012 11:30 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Experts Say Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual Needs Overhaul
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current “field guide” form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins...
5/14/2012 4:00 PM EDT
Contagion: Reminder That Public Health System Must be Prepared for Lethal Disease Outbreak
Infectious disease and disaster preparedness experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine say the premise of the soon-to-be-released Hollywood movie Contagion, in which a lethal airborne virus spreads quickly around the globe, is realistic and should serve as...
9/8/2011 9:55 AM EDT
Flu Experts at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Johns Hopkins has a wide range of experts available for interviews and comments about seasonal flu, H1N1, emergency preparedness, infection control, flu transmission in children, vaccine safety, flu treatment, public health ethics, flu in cancer...
9/29/2010 9:00 AM EDT
Hopkins Prostate Cancer Experts Available
September 19-25 is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. If you are planning a story on prostate cancer, a disease that’s diagnosed in more than 200,000 American men each year, please consider calling on experts from the Johns Hopkins Brady...
9/14/2010 8:00 AM EDT
Experts Available to Comment on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Test Kits
Journalists covering the recent announcement by Pathway Genomics that it will sell health-related genetic marker tests to consumers—and the subsequent decision by Walgreens to postpone sales of the kits pending clarification of their legal...
5/14/2010 11:50 AM EDT
Barbara Walters Heart Surgery -- Johns Hopkins Experts Available
Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeons — none who are involved in the care of ABC ‘s Barbara Walters — are prepared to give background to reporters or comment on diseased aortic valves and aortic valve replacement surgery, performed at a rate of more...
5/11/2010 4:30 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss Cancer’s “Forgotten Killer”
The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Denver Nuggets Coach George Karl announced today that he has been diagnosed with treatable neck and throat cancer. According to published media reports, Karl’s physician says the coach has cancer of...
2/17/2010 1:15 PM EST