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(04/25/02 5:00am)
A recent study, conducted by scientists at Hopkins, asserts that young men who react violently to stress are three to five times more likely to suffer from a premature heart attack, regardless of a family history of heart disease.
(04/11/02 5:00am)
Sulindac, and anti-inflammatory drug that, in preliminary research, looked promising for preventing cancer in children, turned out to be ineffective according to a recent study.
(04/11/02 5:00am)
Hopkins scientists were able to successfully initiate nerve regeneration in rats researchers reported Monday at the 223rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
(04/04/02 5:00am)
Over wanted to see what it was like to storm the beaches of Normandy with bullets whizzing by your head, or liberate the town of Anzio with grenades exploding left and right? Well now you can, with Day of Defeat, a Counter-Strike like Half-Life World War II modification. Day of Defeat (DoD) puts you right in the center of the action, and it so realistic you can practically feel the mortars exploding all around you on the beach. Best of all, DoD is a completely free download, as long as you own Half-Life.
(03/28/02 5:00am)
A study conducted by Dr. Michael Repka, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Johns Hopkins University shows that medicated eye drops can be just as effective as an eye patch in curing amblyopia, or lazy eye. The eye drops will also be much easier on the child because they do not carry with them the social problems created by making a child wear a patch over their eye.
(03/14/02 5:00am)
An "emergency contraception" initiative proposed to Congress is drawing the attention and opposition of pro-life advocates who assert that the drug dose can sometimes result in a form of chemical abortion.
(03/14/02 5:00am)
Christopher J. Newman, a Jarrettsville physician, is set to bring suit against the cell phone industry for causing his brain cancer. The is not the first time the wireless phone industry has come under legal fire on this issue, but Newman's $800 million cause is the first to reach a district judge and thus the first suit to publicly address the heart of this issue.
(11/29/01 5:00am)
A Massachusetts based company called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced on Sunday that it has successfully cloned the first human embryo. While this announcement resulted in sharp disapproval from many religious groups the company's chief executive officer, Michael West, said that the goal of this research was not to produce cloned babies, but rather to create embryos as a source of valuable stem cells.
(11/15/01 5:00am)
A new study, conducted by Dr. Jerry L. Hall, examines a technique that could create stem cells that could turn into nerve cells without the requirement for human fetuses.
(11/08/01 5:00am)
A new study, conducted by Stephen O'Rahilly of the University of Cambridge, England, suggests leptin, a natural hormone involved in the control of body weight, could potentially benefit many overweight people by helping them to shave off some pounds.
(11/01/01 5:00am)
In the face of rising fear over anthrax and bacteria-related bioterrorism, scientists warn of the dangers of a similar, but often over-looked threat posed by microscopic particles in the air.
(11/01/01 5:00am)
For Dr. Roger Blumenthal and Dr. Wendy Post of Homeland, keeping hearts healthy is a family and professional affair. The husband and wife team of cardiologists takes care of patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in downtown Baltimore.
(10/25/01 5:00am)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University, in a recent study, have demonstrated the ability of fat cells to participate in a form of two-way communication with nerve cells outside the brain. This study provides the first definitive research that fat cells can directly influence the action of neurons not located within the brain. This has important consequences on research aimed at understanding the storage and burning of fat, obesity and diseases like diabetes.
(10/18/01 5:00am)
As the computer industry steadily advances, so too does the technology which supports the highly complex hardware and software upon which the industry is founded. IBM senior vice president Paul M. Horn, who oversees the company's research labs will be distributing 75,000 copies of the 39-page paper he wrote addressing the growing complexity problem in the computer industry.
(10/11/01 5:00am)
Christina Santhouse?s is like most other 14 year olds on the outside but since she was eight she has survived and succeeded without the right side of her brain. It was removed, at Johns Hopkins University Children's Center in Baltimore, because she suffered from a rare and progressive disease called Rasmussen's encephalitis, which caused her to have over 100 seizures a day.
(10/11/01 5:00am)
A delicious reminder of home, for those of us from the West Coast, and an interesting new taste for those tired of boring, flat East Coast pizza, the California Pizza Kitchen offers something for us all. Featuring fresh, hearth-baked pizza, salads, pasta, sandwiches and more, everyone should be able to find something they like.
(10/04/01 5:00am)
The New Horizons research team, made up of scientists and engineers from the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory along with members of the Southwest Research Institute, has proposed a research design for a satellite that would fulfill NASA's mission to study Pluto. The satellite could be ready to launch as soon as Dec 2004, and would reach Pluto around 2014 - 2018.
(09/20/01 5:00am)
CNN's Roy Wadia, one of the 12 U.S. journalists selected to participate in the Pew Gatekeeper Fellowship program at Johns Hopkins, reports on a major policy breakthrough on the world market, concerning AIDS drug therapy.
(09/13/01 5:00am)
Robert Tools, 59, recipient of the first, fully-contained artificial heart, is doing better than expected after his life saving surgery on July 2, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.