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Health

The picky eater's dilemma

Published Fall 2012

For thousands of adults, highly selective eating can affect health, social life, relationships / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Diagnosing fever by a thread

Published Aug 31, 2012

Graduate students develop simple test to easily, accurately diagnose the underlying cause of fever, a common symptom of malaria, bacterial pneumonia and other infections

Shedding light on tumors

Published Aug 30, 2012

Technique using ultraviolet light may lead to new type of diagnostic imaging technology

Pursuing patient safety

Published Aug 29, 2012

Gift from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation part of effort to eliminate preventable harms in hospitals / Johns Hopkins Medicine

Blood cells converted into stem cells

Published Aug 23, 2012

Method is step in effort to create cells suitable for use in place of human embryonic stem cells / Johns Hopkins Medicine

The weighting game

Published Aug 22, 2012

The director of the only global center on child obesity answers the big questions about a growing epidemic / Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine

Connecting the dots

Published July 27, 2012

Public health researcher, former Bloomberg School dean Al Sommer used data, perseverance to show role of vitamin A in reducing childhood mortality, blindness