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Cardiac health

Eliminating unnecessary blood tests

Published Aug 14, 2017

Widely ordered test adds no significant value in detecting heart attacks, contributes to rising medical costs

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Cancer research

Identifying cancerous 'shape shifters'

Published Aug 11, 2017

Scientists from Kimmel Cancer Center identify gene that affects prostate cancer's ability to change shape, squeeze into other organs / Hopkins Medicine

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Suicide prevention

Why '13 Reasons Why' alarms experts

Published Aug 10, 2017

Release of Netflix show in March prompted spike in suicide-related web searches, fears of suicide contagion

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Public health

3 proposals earn BAHI seed grants

Published Aug 10, 2017

Bloomberg American Health Initiative support projects addressing climate change, sexual assault

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Epidemiology

Cholera vaccines less effective for kids than adults

Published Aug 9, 2017

Findings indicate that one dose, spread out over twice as many people, may be more effective at treating outbreaks than a traditional two-dose method / School of Public Health

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Reproductive health

Success seen in family planning program

Published Aug 9, 2017

Center for Communication Programs led successful campaign in Nigerian cities with high maternal and infant mortality rates / School of Public Health

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Urban policy

Medicine grad shares Abell Award

Published Aug 7, 2017

Proposal suggests using psychotherapy to help break cycle of violent behavior among Baltimore youth

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Global Health

Hopkins center gets $300M USAID grant

Published Aug 3, 2017

Center for Communication Programs will lead five-year effort to encourage healthy behaviors in developing countries

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Food security

Safeguarding Baltimore's food supply

Published Aug 2, 2017

Report co-developed by JHU's Center for a Livable Future highlights threats from extreme weather, civil unrest

Experimental medicine

Expanding access to trial drugs

Published Aug 1, 2017

Carey Business School expert proposes guidelines to help terminally ill patients gain access to drugs in clinical trials