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Health
Life-saving test?
Published July 29, 2014
Alterations to a single gene could predict risk of suicide attempt
Buzzworthy
Putting a sting on cancer
Published July 28, 2014
Johns Hopkins grad student hopes to engineer toxin in honeybee venom to destroy tumors / JHU Engineering magazine
Food safety
Court ruling called public health setback
Published July 24, 2014
There is overwhelming scientific evidence linking use of antibiotics in food animals to rising antibiotic resistance in humans, experts say
Spoiler Alert
Brain myth busted
Published July 24, 2014
With apologies to Scarlett Johansson's 'Lucy' title character, using your whole brain isn't a superpower—we all do it
Live long and prosper?
Published July 23, 2014
Life expectancy gains threatened as more older Americans suffer from multiple medical conditions
On the brain
Schizophrenia risk factor
Published July 21, 2014
Study links gene variation to increased risk of schizophrenia / Hopkins Medicine
Jhpiego supported more than a million voluntary medical male circumcisions
Published July 18, 2014
Effort in sub-Saharan Africa helped U.S. government provide access to the procedure to 4.7 million males worldwide / Jhpiego
JHH ranked among nation's best hospitals by 'U.S. News'
Published July 17, 2014
Johns Hopkins is No. 3 in the nation and among the top five in 10 specialty areas in magazine's annual rankings
'Game theory' vs. cancer
Published July 16, 2014
Experiments could show prime time to disrupt metastasis, make a tumor more vulnerable to treatment
Go Fish
Rethinking fish farming
Published July 15, 2014
Some aquaculture methods pose risks to public health and deplete natural resources