Weak Electric Current to the Brain May Improve Thinking in People with Schizophrenia - 5/27/15
Lightly stimulating the brain with electricity may improve short-term memory in people with schizophrenia, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 27, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
News Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins Hosts United Way Charity Event, 'Dancing with the Hopkins Stars' - 5/26/15
Johns Hopkins faculty and staff members show off their dance moves by competing in Dancing with the Hopkins Stars in support of United Way. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 26, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness - 5/25/15
Reporting on their study with lab-grown human cells, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland say that blocking a second blood vessel growth protein, along with one that is already well-known, could offer a new way to treat and prevent a blinding eye disease caused by diabetes. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 25, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Novel Drug Combo Improves Function of Cystic Fibrosis Protein - 5/20/15
A novel two-drug combination has the potential to target and restore a defective protein underlying cystic fibrosis (CF), according to two phase III clinical trials conducted at 187 medical centers around the world, including Johns Hopkins. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 20, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Physicians Julie Lange and John Fetting Inducted into Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence - 5/20/15
Julie Lange, M.D., an associate professor of surgery, oncology and dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and John Fetting, M.D., an associate professor of oncology and medicine, have been inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 20, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Web Resource to Help Patients and Families Understand Johns Hopkins Medicine Quality and Safety Data - 5/18/15
Johns Hopkins Medicine released a user-friendly website for consumers that provides information and education surrounding its health system's quality of care. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Text Messages Can Help Boost Teen Birth Control Compliance - 5/19/15
Sending teen girls periodic text messages reminding them to follow through on their clinic appointments for periodic birth control injections can go a long way toward improving timing and adherence to contraception in an age group that is notoriously noncompliant, according to a small study from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Xinzhong Dong Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator - 5/19/15
Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Molecule Designed to Treat Lung Cancer Shows Promising Results in Mice - 5/19/15
A multidisciplinary team led by Johns Hopkins researcher Venu Raman, Ph.D., with notable contributions from Guus Bol, Farhad Vesuna and Phuoc Tran of Johns Hopkins, has identified a new therapy for lung cancer, the most common cancer worldwide. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
A Celebration of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduates - 5/19/15
A distinguished group of 268 graduates will embark on their future careers as physicians and scientists at the convocation ceremony of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Agriculture, Declining Mobility Drove Humans' Shift To Lighter Bones - 5/18/15
Modern lifestyles have famously made humans heavier, but, in one particular way, noticeably lighter weight than our hunter-gatherer ancestors: in the bones. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 18, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins Innovation Hub, FastForward East, Expanding - 5/15/15
In just three months, demand for lab and office space at the Johns Hopkins innovation hub, FastForward East, has exceeded supply. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 15, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Medical Student Sahar Soleimanifard Wins Soros Fellowship - 5/14/15
Sahar Soleimanifard, a first-year medical student at The Johns Hopkins University, is among 30 graduate students receiving 2015 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 14, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
News Media Advisory: Groundbreaking Ceremony - 5/14/15
Building to house Johns Hopkins offices, including FastForward East, a program designed to move academic findings and translational research into the commercial marketplace. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 14, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
First U.S. Center to Study Lyme Disease Launched at Johns Hopkins Medicine - 5/13/15
Fundamental research into the causes and cures of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome now has its first home base at a major U.S. medical research center with the launch of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - May 13, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
