Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
For many obese people, losing and maintaining weight is a constant struggle. It often takes several months of careful dieting and exercise to see results,… Read More »Weight Loss Surgery May Benefit Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
How does spaceflight change the human body? Scientists have known for many years that traveling to space leads to cellular changes. Spaceflight can weaken bones,… Read More »Johns Hopkins Scientists Examine the Effect of Spaceflight on the Human Body
What do an anti-parasitic drug used to treat pinworms and a frequently used anti-malarial drug have in common? According to recent studies from the labs… Read More »Double Duty: Repurposing Drugs for Novel Cancer Treatment
No one prepares you for listening to a lecture about how your mother died. Medical students are trained to recognize grief and distress in patients… Read More »22 Years Later: Learning the Biology of My Mother’s Cancer
The power of photons is amazing. In fact, every day, photons are trapped with sensors and converted to matrices of millions of numbers. By rearranging… Read More »Discovering Medicine Through Filmmaking
In some ways, a hospital is a great equalizer. Once you’re admitted, things like employment status or race no longer matter — unless that happens… Read More »The Social Context of Health Care
Digital health is one of the hottest buzzwords in health care. It seems like a new health care app is on the news every day,… Read More »The State of Digital Health
Medical marijuana, for years a controversial pipe dream throughout the United States, is embroiled in an entirely new debate in 2017. For decades, the discussion… Read More »From ‘Devil’s Lettuce’ to Prescription Drug: The Acceptance of Medical Marijuana
It’s often said that it is hard to imagine what life must be like for someone until you have walked a mile in his or… Read More »Planned Parenthood’s Effects on Our Community
In September 2016, a Nevada woman died of a bacterial infection. The woman, in her 70s, had been hospitalized previously in India due to a… Read More »Bugs Resistant to Drugs: What Can We Do?