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Two little girls smile in brand new glasses
Education
Mission for vision
Published Jan 12, 2018
At the halfway mark, Vision for Baltimore has distributed more than 3,000 free pairs of glasses to city students
Image shows a stretcher in the foreground and a person carrying a cooler in the background
Medicine
A new milestone in HIV-positive organ donation
Published Jan 11, 2018
Johns Hopkins is the first center in the U.S. approved for living donor HIV-positive to HIV-positive kidney transplants
A premature infant lies in an incubator; focus is on his feet and toes
Children's health
Decline in U.S. childhood mortality lags
Published Jan 8, 2018
U.S. spends more per capita on children's health than other wealthy countries, has poorer outcomes than many
Computer generated image shows neurons interacting with each other, the gaps between them illuminated in white
Neurology
Rare genetic variation may be linked to schizophrenia
Published Jan 3, 2018
Scientists successfully reverse anti-social behavior in mice by targeting 'thunder' protein
A doctor takes a patient's blood pressure
Heart health
Test lets patients pass on fasting
Published Jan 2, 2018
Cholesterol assessment developed at Hopkins shown to be more accurate than traditional method
A stethoscope
Women's health
Women with certain form of hair loss should be screened for uterine fibroids
Published Dec 28, 2017
Scarring associated with a form of alopecia is similar to the scarring associated with excess fibrous tissue elsewhere in the body, study finds
Pile of red apples and tomatoes
Nutrition
Lung benefits seen from apples, tomatoes
Published Dec 21, 2017
Study finds decline in lung function among ex-smokers slower for those who ate tomatoes or fruit each day for a decade
Two inhalers and a canister of albuterol
Child health
Coarse particles in the air linked to asthma in children
Published Dec 15, 2017
Study: Children exposed to dust, sand, and vehicle-related emissions more likely to develop asthma than those not exposed
Test tubes containing blood stand in a test tube rack ready for testing
Prostate cancer
Biopsy results differ substantially between two labs, study finds
Published Dec 14, 2017
Cancer patients could be prescribed different treatments depending on which lab performs liquid biopsy, researchers say
Bioethics
Experimental fetal therapy needs trial testing, bioethicists say
Published Dec 13, 2017
Amnioinfusion therapy could aid lung development in fetuses that do not develop kidneys