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Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb
Faculty honors
Nursing Hall of Famer
Published April 6, 2017
School of Nursing's Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb to join nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau International's hall of fame
Patient privacy
Which hospitals are at highest risk for data breaches?
Published April 5, 2017
Study finds 216 U.S. facilities violated, with one hospital corporation compromising hospital records of more than 4 million people
Q+A
The rising costs of prescription drugs
Published April 3, 2017 Video
Health policy expert Gerard Anderson discusses the business of big pharma
Christopher Myers (left) and Peter Pronovost
Interdisciplinary idea
The business of medicine
Published March 31, 2017
Schools should teach med students business management skills so they can effectively lead complex health care enterprises, Hopkins experts say
Cancer research
Study: Random DNA errors cause majority of cancer cases
Published March 23, 2017 Video
Most cancer mutations are due to DNA copying 'mistakes,' not inherited or environmental factors, Hopkins researchers say
Hopkins scientists Cristian Tomasetti (left) and Bert Vogelstein
Behind the science
Hopkins oncologists discuss new cancer study
Published March 23, 2017 Video
Researchers: 'Many people will develop cancer no matter how perfect their behaviors are because of random copying errors'
Labeled 'E' for ethical
Published Spring 2017
Toxicologist Alan Goldberg knows what an industrial pig nursery is like; now he wants consumers to know how their food is raised, too / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Reclaimed touch
Published Spring 2017 Video
APL is making the next generation of prosthetic limbs that not only act on thought command, but also send signals back to the brain / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lasting impact
Published Spring 2017
JHU psychiatrist examines brains of NFL athletes who have suffered concussions, finding molecular changes that last decades after trauma / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Predicting postpartum blues
Published March 20, 2017
Hopkins study links postpartum depression with diminished levels of 'anti-anxiety' hormone allopregnanolone / Hopkins Medicine