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A group of people stand in front of the new Great Plains Hub building as David Warne cuts a ribbon that stretches across the building
Indigenous health
Center for Indigenous Health opens new South Dakota location
Published Oct 17, 2024
The Great Plains Hub recently opened in Rapid City, South Dakota, under the leadership of Donald Warne, the center's co-director
Research Peng Zheng shows off the heart of the blood test, chip with a groundbreaking nanostructured surface on which blood is tested.
Medical innovation
Rapid detection of early heart attack warning signs
Published Oct 16, 2024
With heart attacks, every second counts. A Hopkins team developed a blood test that diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.
Menopause illustration clock
Women's Health
Let's please talk about menopause
Published Oct 15, 2024
Wen Shen, director of the Women's Wellness and Healthy Aging Program at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is on a mission to raise awareness about menopause, as a boom of women hit midlife in the U.S.
Two hands attach a blood pressure cuff to a patient's arm.
Blood Pressure
Arm position can cause overestimated blood pressure readings
Published Oct 9, 2024
Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support on a desk when measuring blood pressure
Two people play video games on a couch.
Mental Health
Some video games may help mental health of children, teens
Published Sept 26, 2024
Can gamified interventions help fight the youth mental health crisis? A new report from Johns Hopkins researchers says yes
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Health equity
Nursing expert shines light on Latino HIV crisis at White House summit
Published Sept 26, 2024
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, executive director of the Institute for Policy Solutions, spoke at the ¡Adelante! Summit, which focused on ending HIV inequities in the Latino community
Close up of an unrecognizable student using cell phone under the table during class
Q+A
Why some schools are banning cell phones
Published Sept 23, 2024
Hopkins experts explain the research and weigh in on the controversial policies
Charts illustration
Public health
Guns remain leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens
Published Sept 12, 2024
For the third straight year, firearms killed more young people than any other cause, including car crashes and cancer, and disproportionately affected people of color
a petri dish that has a map of the world inside of it
Immunology
Outsmarting fungi
Published Fall 2024
Fungal species are wreaking havoc in unprecedented ways. Infectious disease doctor Arturo Casadevall explains why in a gripping new book. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An image of cells that are colored by type: purple and blue cells are metastasis-initiating cancer cells, while green cells are macrophages. The blue and purple are much more prevalent than the green.
Cancer research
Potential new biological target for breast cancer treatments
Published Sept 4, 2024
The Johns Hopkins study focused on the role that white blood cells called macrophages play in the growth of breast cancer