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Medicine
Who was Wilder Penfield and why is he a Google doodle?
Published Jan 26, 2018
Before he revolutionized the field of neurosurgery, Penfield was a student at Hopkins Medicine
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Bloomberg School opposes anti-smoking group with ties to tobacco
Published Jan 25, 2018
Dean Ellen MacKenzie, 16 other deans sign statement saying they will refuse funding from Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
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Cancer research
Unlocking genetic mysteries
Published Jan 22, 2018
New Johns Hopkins center merges applied mathematics and biology to better understand breast cancer
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Mental health
Depression education effective for some teens
Published Jan 22, 2018
Adolescent Depression Awareness Program was designed to prevent suffering, increase 'depression literacy' / Hopkins Medicine
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Lost opportunities for life sciences firms
Published Jan 19, 2018
JHU's Phillip Phan, Dean Wong advocate for open-innovation network in 'Nature Index' commentary
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Cancer research
Single blood tests screens for eight common cancers
Published Jan 19, 2018
CancerSEEK is a noninvasive test that can detect cancers of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung, or breast
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First Bloomberg Professor of American Health
Published Jan 18, 2018
Daniel Webster, director of Center for Gun Policy and Research, is a leading expert on gun violence prevention
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Behavioral science
Overeating after dark
Published Jan 16, 2018
Chances of overeating increase in evening as hunger hormone levels rise, study suggests
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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
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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