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Health

End the 'doc fix' charade

Published Jan 23, 2013

James Burdick of the School of Medicine urges Congress to stop perpetuating a dysfunctional system / The Baltimore Sun

Study: how genes cause illness

Published Jan 22, 2013

Researchers find that "tagged" DNA sequences may predict risk for rheumatoid arthritis and other noninfectious diseases / The New York Times

Guided Care is better care

Published Jan 18, 2013

Researchers have found that patients who receive Guided Care, a comprehensive form of primary care for chronically ill older adults, rate the quality of their care higher than patients who receive regular primary care / Bloomberg School of Public Health

Are all calories equal?

Published Jan 18, 2013

Ruth Faden, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, argues that a new Coke ad is misleading and unethical / theatlantic.com

NAS honors Snyder, Yau

Published Jan 14, 2013

Johns Hopkins neuroscientists to receive prestigious awards at academy's 150th annual meeting in April

Pap tests detect cancers

Published Jan 10, 2013

Researchers use genomic sequencing to test for presence of ovarian, endometrial tumors / Johns Hopkins Medicine

New JHU center will explore all aspects of learning

Published Jan 10, 2013

Science of Learning Institute brings together researchers from across Johns Hopkins

Dangerous deception

Published Jan 7, 2013

CIA's use of fake vaccination program in hunt for bin Laden creates mistrust, School of Public Health's Klag writes / The Baltimore Sun

Itch insight

Published Jan 2, 2013

Research suggests existence of itch-specific nerve cells, which could lead to better treatments for chronic itch / Johns Hopkins Medicine

Mind control

Published Jan 2, 2013

Technology developed by at Applied Physics Laboratory connects robotic limb to human brain