Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2010 9:26 - 0 Comments

Faster, safer scans just as accurate

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new combination of CT scans is just as good at detecting and measuring the progress of coronary artery disease as older tests that are less safe, more complex, and more time-consuming. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2010 11:34 - 6 Comments

Drug therapy isn’t always the answer

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A daily dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin drug is not always necessary to protect coronary arteries and ward off heart attack or stroke. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2010 12:55 - 2 Comments

Food plays hard to get (yum-yum)

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Having to work hard for food makes it taste better, a study with mice finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2010 9:30 - 0 Comments

Prostate tissue kept alive and working

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Scientists have found a way to keep surgically removed prostate tissue alive and functioning normally for up to a week. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2010 10:36 - 1 Comment

Teen depression likely to recur

DUKE / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Nearly half of teens who recover from severe depression are likely to slip back into depression within two to three years, regardless of the type of treatment they’ve received. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2010 11:49 - 1 Comment

Is burnout putting patients at risk?

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The more hours surgeons work, and the more nights they spend on call each week, the more likely they are to face burnout, depression, dissatisfaction with their careers, and serious work-home conflicts. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 16:27 - 1 Comment

Erase fear at the molecular level

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers working with mice discovered that they can permanently erase traumatic memories by removing a protein from the region of the brain responsible for recalling fear. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2010 12:35 - 10 Comments

Pancreatic cancer: Slow and deadly

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Pancreatic cancer develops and spreads much more slowly than scientists have thought, new research finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2010 16:51 - 1 Comment

Child-ATV accidents spike sharply

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Children hospitalized with injuries sustained in all-terrain vehicle accidents more than doubled in the U.S. from 1997 to 2006. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 6, 2010 15:45 - 6 Comments

Off road, two is greater than four

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Crashes involving four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles are significantly more dangerous than crashes involving two-wheeled off-road motorcycles, such as those used in “extreme” sports like Motocross. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 2, 2010 15:17 - 5 Comments

Accidents kill minority pedestrians more often

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Uninsured or minority pedestrians hit by cars are significantly more likely to die than insured whites with similar injuries. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 14, 2010 14:15 - 1 Comment

Easy-to-see enzyme marks diabetes early

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—People on the threshold of developing diabetes appear to have dramatically higher blood levels of an easy-to-detect enzyme, making it possible to perform a simple test to detect the disease before symptoms or complications occur and in time to reverse its course. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2010 9:33 - 1 Comment

New surgical route to brain: The eyes have it

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Surgeons can now safely and effectively operate inside the human brain through a small incision in the natural creases of an eyelid. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 1, 2010 16:06 - 0 Comments

Forget the forest. Prehumans lived in savannas

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Prehumans in East Africa 4.4 million years ago lived among grassy, tree-studded plains, not in the forests, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 10, 2010 12:47 - 1 Comment

Caregiving spouses at higher risk for dementia

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Husbands and wives caring for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to develop the memory-impairing condition than those whose spouses don’t have it, according to results of a 12-year study. (more…)

Best of 2010, Health & Medicine - May 6, 2010 12:03 - 23 Comments

How dark chocolate protects the brain

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—It’s not the distinctive chocolate aroma or the luscious bittersweet taste. Researchers say it’s a compound in dark chocolate that appears to limit stroke damage by amplifying brain signals that protect nerve cells. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2009 15:02 - 0 Comments

Now it’s conductive; now it’s not

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—A substance long known to conduct electricity is now being used in a different way to block it, opening up possible new applications in transistor technology and devices such as electronic books. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Oct 23, 2009 11:41 - 0 Comments

Predicting power outages before the storm

JOHNS HOPKINS/TEXAS A&M (US)—Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other storms, researchers have created new computer models to help utilities better forecast hurricane-caused power outages in advance. (more…)