Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
This past September, NPR ran a story about a new practice being taught at the nursing school at the University of Virginia Medical Center, called… Read More »The Pause after Death: Providers Take a Moment to Reflect
Six months after the civil unrest in Baltimore City, residents are still trying to make sense of what happened. Moving forward, many have turned their… Read More »Community Health Curriculum Instills Positivity in Baltimore Youth
Those who shy away from the sun, avoid milk products, maintain a vegan diet or are overweight may be familiar with the effects of vitamin… Read More »Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Weight Loss Surgery Complications
In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) among middle and high school students had tripled in… Read More »E-Cigarette Vapors Linked to DNA Damage
If you’ve been interested in learning a second language or already speak more than one language, the concept of “bilingual advantage” may pique your interest.… Read More »Johns Hopkins Postdoc Explains the Bilingual Advantage
It was a long-held belief that, after graduate school, newly conferred doctors would seek out postdoctoral openings in labs where they could focus on furthering… Read More »Postdocs Seek Alternative Careers as Funding Declines
A big change in biomedical photography has been the arrival and permeation of digital photography. To fully appreciate its impact, one must consider the origin… Read More »Biomedical Photography in the Digital Age
I was not surprised to learn that Baltimore ranks higher than the national average in cervical cancer incidence. In my few years of residency, I… Read More »Johns Hopkins Physician Finds Efficacy in Cervical Cancer Vaccine
In Baltimore City, teen pregnancy is significantly higher than the Maryland average, with 66.4 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 in 2007, compared… Read More »Making a CASE for Sexual Education
“The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.” – Max Beerbohm, essayist of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras Medical… Read More »Questions are a Critical Component of Medical Education