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Stethoscope and clipboard
LGBTQ
Sexual orientation and patient care
Published Aug 1, 2018
Survey finds that only half of health care practitioners routinely ask their patients about sexual orientation
Phoropter for vision test
Machine Learning
AI for eyes
Published July 31, 2018
Hopkins researchers chart a course for using artificial intelligence to diagnose degenerative eye conditions
Anopheles funestus mosquito
Malaria
Sequencing a motherline
Published July 30, 2018
First-ever sequencing of mitochondrial DNA for An. funestus mosquito could yield new avenues for combating malaria
Group of students tend to an injured hiker
Emergency Medicine
If a hiker falls in the woods...
Published July 30, 2018
Students in the Austere Medicine/Wilderness Medicine course are taught how to assess patients and take action in limited-resource and sometimes dangerous environments
Hot dogs
Nutrition and mental health
Processed meats linked with manic episodes
Published July 24, 2018 Video
In analysis of people with and without psychiatric disorders, nitrates found in jerky, hot dogs, salami, and other meats found to contribute to mania
Toddler holds a crayon
Child development
U.S. states vary widely in identifying childhood delays, study finds
Published July 20, 2018
In lowest performing state, only 17 percent of children receive screening designed to catch developmental delays
Crystal Aguh treats a patient with hair loss
Dermatology
Help for those struggling with hair loss
Published July 19, 2018
Dermatologist Crystal Aguh studies factors affecting hair loss in ethnic populations, a topic most physicians in her field know little about
Needle reads 'Never share'
Opioid epidemic
Public support remains low for needle exchanges, safe injection sites
Published July 19, 2018
Despite growing concerns over the opioid epidemic, majority of Americans don't support proven harm-reduction programs, study finds
Artist's rendering of influenza molecule
Immunology
Why men might recover from the flu faster than women
Published July 17, 2018
Male mice infected with influenza produce more of a growth factor protein that promotes lung healing
Laboratory beakers
Toxicology
An alternative to animal testing?
Published July 11, 2018
Database of 10,000 chemical compounds shown to be more reliable than animal testing at predicting toxicity