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• in Politics
  A Medical Cure for Conservatism?
  Has Johns Hopkins found a cure for conservatism? It sure looks like it. And may we say it’s about time!
  by jimmyzuma / on Oct 13, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Cancer in TSA Employees Rises as the TSA Ignores the Problem
  A rise in cancer among TSA employees is reported while information released under the FOIA proves TSA knew these risks
  by clairethebear88 / on Jun 29, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “johns hopkins”

 

• Study Finds an Increase in Arsenic Levels in Chicken

  
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  Though the amount was below danger levels, researchers warned of a small increased risk of cancers in humans.        
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• Safety experts: Hospitals lacking in doc substance abuse policies

  
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  All hospitals should randomly test physicians for drug and alcohol use to enhance patient safety, according to a recommendation from two Johns Hopkins physicians and patient safety experts in a commentary published online in The Journal of the American Medical Association. read more
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• Researchers May Have An Explanation For Restless Legs Syndrome

  
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  Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED) – first acknowledged by neurologist Dr. Thomas Willis in 1685 and later described as a syndrome by Dr. Karl Ekbom in 1944 – is a neurological condition associated with an abnormal sensation in the extremities. The disruptive condition is commonly known as Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). ...
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• Hospitals Should Require Drug And Alcohol Tests For Physicians

  
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  Although medical professionals are seen as models of health and wellness, they are not immune to substance abuse. Doctors are just as susceptible to alcohol, narcotic and sedative addiction as the general public. Statistics have shown at least one in 10 physicians will develop a problem with drugs or alcohol at some ...
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• Hopkins-led team studies ragweed pill 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> An international team of researchers, led by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins, reports that a once-daily tablet containing a high dose of a key ragweed pollen protein effectively blocks the runny noses, sneezes, nasal congestion and itchy eyes experienced by ragweed ...
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• Genetic switch could halt aggressive cancer growth

  
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  Flipping a genetic switch in cancer cells may put the brakes on tumor growth, according to new research from Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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• 5 Benefits of Adopting Patient Safety Checklists

  
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  By Sean Power First Posted at Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety on 3/19/2013 Patient safety checklists help to make sure no procedural step is forgotten. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, checklists are theoretically sound and have contributed to advances in patient ...
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• Meatless Monday Recipe for Veggie Chili with Crunchy Tortilla and Avocado Salad

  
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  Getting kids to enjoy a vegetarian recipe might seem daunting; however, we’re here to help. Every Monday we bring you new and exciting vegan or vegetarian menu ideas to help make this transition easier. As you may be aware, we took the Meatless Monday pledge to abstain from eating meat one day per week. As a ...
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• Meatless Monday with Spring Minestrone

  
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  Welcome (back) to the Planet Forward blog, and thank you for celebrating Meatless Monday with us with our weekly vegetarian recipe series . Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns, in association with the Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health. The goal is to reduce meat ...
  2 weeks ago

• Disappointing vaccine trial news, key populations, PEPFAR blueprint all part of Jhpiego’s “The Present and the Future of HIV Prevention”

  
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  A chart of clinical research trials seeking ways to control HIV transmission makes for an impressive display of tenacity, with interrupted trials, ongoing trials, trials that led to other trials, and new trials in their earliest stages. It includes trials of microbicides, vaccines, antiretroviral-drug-based approaches ...
  3 weeks ago

• Photo Geeks + Space Nerds Unite — Beautiful, Never Before Seen 360 Degree Images of Mercury

  
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  Photo geeks and space nerds unite. Saw this and had to share it. This is the first time mankind has ever seen the planet Mercury in its entirety. Scientists used thousands of images collected for over a year by the MESSENGER probe to completely map the surface of the planet, taken at a resolution of 1km per pixel. ...
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• Video: Hubble Spies Cosmic Halos Around Starburst Galaxies

  
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  Star formation involves more than meets the eye. Huge “starbursts” that give birth to hundreds of millions of new stars at once within galaxies all over the universe seem to affect their host galaxies in surprising ways, a new study reveals. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope found that the extreme ...
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• Johns Hopkins Team Deploys Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in First Animal Biopsies

  
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  The post Johns Hopkins Team Deploys Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in First Animal Biopsies appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Johns Hopkins: Thanks to EHRs, time with patients seems “squeezed out” of medical training, investigator says

  
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  Question:  Who would have thought it?  That there is yet another potentially deadly unintended consequence of bad health IT and health IT hyper-enthusiasm ? Suggested answer:  anyone who truly understands the issues at the intersection of medicine, information science, information technology, and Social ...
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• Obama’s new drug war: More treatment, less prison time

  
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  President Barack Obama’s new strategy for fighting the nation’s drug problem will include a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addiction and diverting non-violent drug offenders into treatment instead of prisons, under reforms scheduled to be outlined by the nation’s drug czar Wednesday. Gil ...
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• Diagnostic errors are leading cause of successful malpractice claims

  
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  Diagnostic errors, not surgical misadventures, obstetrical mistakes or improperly delivered medications, are the main source of successful malpractice claims. However, little is being done to identify such errors and measure their effects. Read full article >>        
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• Doctors may order fewer lab tests if they know how much the exams cost

  
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  Doctors may order fewer laboratory tests during a patient’s hospital stay if they know how much the tests cost, a new study suggests . Researchers found that health-care providers at Johns Hopkins Hospital ordered about 9 percent fewer lab tests, such as blood work, when their computerized records system ...
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• Roundup

  
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  Gun registries and background checks are either meaningless or malicious. Meaningless: The criminals won’t participate, so all you have is an expensive, burdensome process to gather a list of law-abiding citizens.  And even if they worked on guns, they would do nothing about knives, clubs, pressure cookers, etc. ...
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• Meatless Monday with Yummy Falafel

  
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  Are you looking for new and creative vegetarian meals the whole family will enjoy? If so, you’re in the right place. Welcome (back) to Planet Forward for the latest edition of our family friendly vegetarian recipe share . As you know we’ve taken the Meatless Monday pledge to abstain from eating meat once a ...
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• Vertex Pharmaceuticals Booms on Cystic Fibrosis Combo Drug Study

  
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  Luke Timmerman Vertex Pharmaceuticals isn’t willing to settle for coming up with one great drug for 4 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis. The Cambridge, MA-based company wants to treat a whole lot more children and adults with this deadly genetic disease, and today it offered some more evidence that it’s ...
  4 weeks ago

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