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Health
Maternal health
Folate and autism risk
Published May 12, 2016
While folate deficiency during pregnancy is bad for the developing fetus, excessive amounts could also be harmful, researchers say
Thomas Quinn
Quinn receives two awards
Published May 12, 2016
Thomas Quinn, director of JHU's Center for Global Health, recognized for commitment to research, global health
Students try on glasses
Community partnership
Vision for Baltimore
Published May 10, 2016
Vision for Baltimore includes three-year study of how eyeglasses affect reading skills, academic performance
3-D depiction of the human heart color coded with half the heart in green and blue tones and half the heart in orange and red tones
Heart health
Assessing arrhythmia risk
Published May 10, 2016
Personalized virtual heart can predict the risk of sudden cardiac death
HIV/AIDS
Declines fall short of goals
Published May 9, 2016
Study: HIV infection, transmission rates have dropped since 2010 but do not meet goals / School of Public Health
Faculty honors
Greider joins American Philosophical Society
Published May 9, 2016
Molecular biologist, Nobel laureate among 33 honored for excellence in their fields
The Salient ENT team (from left to right): Amal Alfroz Alam, Scott Stanley, Demetri Monovoukas, Emily Eggert, and Elizabeth Lebling
Healthcare design
Sinus solution
Published May 5, 2016
Student team wins design competition with device to treat chronic sinus inflammation
Dermatology
Hairstyles and hair loss
Published May 5, 2016
Study finds certain styles increase risk of hair loss, scalp damage / School of Medicine
Patient safety
Study: Medical errors No. 3 cause of death in U.S.
Published May 3, 2016
Diagnostic errors, medical mistakes led to more than 250,000 deaths in 2013, researchers estimate
Three students at their work station
Global health
Putting cancer on ice
Published May 3, 2016
Student team develops reusable cryotherapy device to help treat breast cancer in rural South Africa