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Study Shows Increased Risk of Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women With a Common Form of Hair Loss

Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:00 AM

In a study of medical records gathered on hundreds of thousands of African-American women, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have evidence that women with a common form of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids.

More Tumor Mutations Equals Higher Success Rate With Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 5:00 PM

The “mutational burden,” or the number of mutations present in a tumor’s DNA, is a good predictor of whether that cancer type will respond to a class of cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors, a new study led by Johns ...

How Electroconvulsive Therapy Relieves Depression Per Animal Experiments

Monday, December 18, 2017 8:00 AM

In a study using genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered some new molecular details that appear to explain how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) rapidly relieves severe depression in mammals, presumably including ...

Exposure to Larger Air Particles Linked to Increased Risk of Asthma in Children

Friday, December 15, 2017 6:00 AM

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University report statistical evidence that children exposed to airborne coarse particulate matter — a mix of dust, sand and non-exhaust tailpipe emissions, such as tire rubber — are more likely to develop ...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Chart How Brain Signals Connect to Neurons

Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00 PM

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have used supercomputers to create an atomic scale map that tracks how the signaling chemical glutamate binds to a neuron in the brain. The findings, say the scientists, shed light on the dynamic physics of ...

Liquid Biopsy Results Differed Substantially Between Two Providers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:00 AM

Two Johns Hopkins prostate cancer researchers found significant disparities when they submitted identical patient samples to two different commercial liquid biopsy providers. Liquid biopsy is a new and noninvasive alternative to tumor ...

Recordings Reveal Deep Credibility Gap When Doctors And Parents Discuss Outcomes For Critically Ill Infants

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:00 AM

An analysis of 16 audiotaped conversations between parents of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and clinicians found that medical staff routinely downplay quality of life issues and leave families more optimistic about their ...

Kevin Sowers is Named President of the Johns Hopkins Health System and Executive Vice President of Johns Hopkins Medicine

Monday, December 11, 2017 2:25 PM

Kevin W. Sowers, M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N., a distinguished clinician, educator and academic health care leader has been appointed president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, an $8 ...

Bioethicists Call For Caution in Use of Rare Experimental Fetal Therapy

Monday, December 11, 2017 8:00 AM

Citing uncertainties about the risks and benefits of an experimental therapy for fetuses whose kidneys do not develop, bioethicists at Johns Hopkins and a team of medical experts are calling for rigorous clinical trials in the use of a ...

Evolutionary Biologists Say Recently Discovered Fossil Shows Transition of a Reptile From Life on Land to Life in the Sea

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 9:00 AM

Using modern research tools on a 155-million-year-old reptile fossil, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the American Museum of Natural History report they have filled in some important clues to the evolution of animals that once roamed land ...

Combination Strategy Could Hold Promise for Ovarian Cancer

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 10:00 AM

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that mice with ovarian cancer that received drugs to reactivate dormant genes along with other drugs that activate the immune system had a greater reduction of tumor burden and ...

Study Suggests That Where Guidelines Disagree, Physicians’ Experiences With Their Patients, Family and Friends Shape Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

Monday, December 4, 2017 11:00 AM

Results of a national survey of more than 800 physicians suggest that their experiences with patients, family members and friends with breast cancer are linked with their recommendations for routine mammograms. Specifically, physicians ...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Propose Efficiency ‘Rules’ for Enhancing Use of New Gene Editing Technology

Friday, December 1, 2017 8:00 AM

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a streamlined method and accompanying efficiency “rules” for introducing new DNA sequences into cells after using the gene-cutting tool known as CRISPR. The scientists say the method, which they ...

2-Drug Combination May Boost Immunotherapy Responses in Lung Cancer Patients

Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 PM

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and colleagues have identified a novel drug combination therapy that could prime nonsmall cell lung cancers to respond better to immunotherapy. These so-called epigenetic therapy drugs, used ...

Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins Commemorates World AIDS Day

Thursday, November 30, 2017 8:00 AM

To commemorate World AIDS Day this year, the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research, which is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is hosting the World AIDS Day Symposium. Topics of discussion include the state ...

World AIDS Day: New Research and Experts Available from Johns Hopkins Medicine

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:00 PM

World AIDS Day: New Research and Experts Available from Johns Hopkins Medicine

'Negative Emotions' Linked to Higher Rates of Opioid Use in Sickle Cell Disease

Monday, November 27, 2017 10:00 AM

In a small study using data from daily electronic patient diaries, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a link between negative emotions, such as sadness and anxiety, and higher opioid use in people with sickle cell disease whose ...

Combination Low-Salt and Heart-Healthy “Dash” Diet as Effective as Drugs for Some Adults With High Blood Pressure

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 10:00 AM

A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH diet substantially lowers systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure ...

Blueprint to Reduce Wasteful Blood Transfusions

Monday, November 20, 2017 10:59 AM

By analyzing data from randomized clinical trials comparing blood transfusion approaches, Johns Hopkins experts, along with colleagues at Cleveland Clinic and NYU Langone Medical Center, endorse recommendations for blood transfusions that ...

What’s in Your Wheat? Johns Hopkins Scientists Piece Together Genome of Most Common Bread Wheat

Monday, November 20, 2017 8:00 AM

Johns Hopkins scientists report they have successfully used two separate gene technologies to assemble the most complete genome sequence to date of Triticum aestivum, the most common cultivated species of wheat used to make bread.