Archived articles

Health

A person holds a phone with 'like' button icons hovering above it

Mental health

Social media use may pose mental health risks for teens

Published Sept 11, 2019

Social media use by adolescents linked to behaviors that may indicate mental health problems such as social withdrawal and difficulty coping with anxiety or depression

Illustration of brain with psychedelic background

Psychedelics

Johns Hopkins launches center for psychedelic research

Published Sept 4, 2019

The center, believed to be the first and largest of its kind, will use psychedelics to study the mind, identify therapies for diseases such as addiction, PTSD, Alzheimer's

Dual degree

First in her class

Published Aug 27, 2019

Personal experience fuels Johns Hopkins' first MBA/MD student, who overcame leukemia as a child

Aging

Abnormal blood pressure in middle age and later life increases dementia risk

Published Aug 22, 2019

Those with high blood pressure in middle and later life were 49% more likely to develop dementia than those with normal blood pressure at both times

Neuroscience

Deep brain stimulation boosts dopamine

Published Aug 21, 2019

Treatment eases Parkinson's symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity

Heart health

Heart simulations that don't miss a beat

Published Aug 19, 2019

In proof-of-concept study of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation, personalized computer models accurately predict where to destroy diseased heart tissue