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BY Tim Appenzeller
This story, part of a special issue of
Science
, was supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Vapnek Family Foundation.
In early July, on one of the hottest days ever recorded globally, Colin Carlson walked into a radio studio in Washington, D.C., to answer some questions about how a warming climate is affecting infectious diseases. Cases of locally transmitted malaria
in Florida and Texas
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Evaluation of arts and humanities programs in surgery education: a systematic review
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Source: International Review of Psychiatry - September 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Diane JungMargot Kelly-HedrickErin BrushJacob WhiteTracy MonizMargaret S. Chisolma Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAb Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USAc Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Balti Source Type: research
Prediction of visual impairment in retinitis pigmentosa using deep learning and multimodal fundus images
Conclusions
Our algorithm showed robust performance in predicting visual impairment in patients with RP, thus providing proof-of-concept for predicting structure-function correlation based solely on cSLO imaging in patients with RP. (Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology - September 21, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Liu, T. Y. A., Ling, C., Hahn, L., Jones, C. K., Boon, C. J., Singh, M. S. Tags: Open access Original articles - Clinical science Source Type: research
Drawing on medical school experiences
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Source: International Review of Psychiatry - September 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Oscar LiJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Source Type: research
The Development of Red Blood Cells
The development of red blood cells is a function of great importance to the organism. What the restoration of a sufficient number of erythrocytes may mean to the body when its circulation has been seriously depleted by hemorrhage or blood-destroying disease is obvious. If it happens, as is currently believed, that a physiologic destruction of red blood cells is proceeding in some degree even in health, their replacement belongs to the continuous normal activities of the hematopoietic tissues. To locate their function in the bone marrow or spleen gives only an incomplete suggestion of what the process may be. There has been...
Source: JAMA - September 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Facilitating difficult conversations through art: creating an anti-racism digital image library for health professions education
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Source: International Review of Psychiatry - September 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kamna S. Balhara PhilipPhilip YenawineNathan IrvinLauren EllerLeila HabibClaire TathamMargaret Chisolma Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAb The Watershed Collaborative, Baltimore, MD, USAc Joh Source Type: research
The Use of Illicit Drugs in Therapy: an Introduction
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe use of certain illicit substances as a form of therapy, and particularly as an adjunct to psychotherapy, has gained increasing media and academic attention over the last decade, culminating in what has been coined “the psychedelic renaissance.” This section inCurrent Addiction Reports has been developed in order to highlight the new and emerging research around these and related substances, and how they may be effective in treating not just “problematic” substance use itself but also some of the underlying causes such as trauma-related disorders, depression, and anxiety. It will also co...
Source: Current Addiction Reports - September 8, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Acute Subjective Effects of Psychedelics within and Beyond WEIRD Contexts
Volume 55, Issue 5, November-December 2023, Page 558-569 . (Source: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs)
Source: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs - September 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marianna GraziosiManvir SinghSandeep M. NayakDavid B. Yadena Department of Clinical Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USAb Center for Consciousness and Psychedelic Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAc University of Californ Source Type: research
Movers and Shakers September 2023
Dr. Mgbokikwe
Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, as associate chief medical officer; she will also serve as an associate professor and hospitalist in the department of medicine.
Prior to joining Fox Chase Cancer Center, Dr. Mgbojikwe was clinical director of the division of hospital medicine, medical director for four med-surg inpatient units, and medical co-director of the medicine progressive care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, director for acute virtual care strategy at Johns Hopkins Health System, and assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin...
Source: The Hospitalist - September 1, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lisa Casinger Tags: Career People in HM Source Type: research
Your Complete Guide to Liver Health: Coping with Fatty Liver, Hepatitis, Cancer, and More, by Paul J. Thuluvath, MD, FRCP, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022, 216 pp., $22.99/$22.99/$54.95 (paperback/e-book/hardcover), ISBN 978-1-4214-4382-9
Volume 27, Issue 3, July-September 2023, Page 335-336 . (Source: Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet)
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Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries —and species survive cataclysms
When Vicki Losick got her Ph.D. and joined a fruit fly lab at the Carnegie Institution for Science in 2008, its head announced that he expected his postdocs to launch new fields of inquiry. She chose a then-fashionable focus: stem cells, versatile cells that specialize into other cell types and play critical roles in embryonic development and the renewal of adult tissues. Losick wondered whether they also help in wound repair. So, she and another postdoc, Don Fox, began stabbing fruit flies with a tiny needle, hoping to document stem cells coming to the rescue.
Instead, the two postdocs, working independently, saw ot...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 24, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Disparities in Eye Care Utilization by Self-Reported Vision Difficulty and Diabetes Status in the United States
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Source: Ophthalmic Epidemiology - August 24, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jessica BrinsonPriyanka KumarJiangxia WangVarshini VaradarajBonnielin K. SwenorAdrienne W. Scotta Department of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USAb Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimor Source Type: research
