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3 hrs ago | Science Daily

Enzyme-activating antibodies revealed as marker for most severe form of rheumatoid arthritis

Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine online May 22, the Johns Hopkins team describes how it found the novel antibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4, or PAD4, in blood samples from people with aggressive inflammation and connective tissue damage.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatology

7 hrs ago | Universe Today

Engineering Students Develop a Super "Space Stethoscope"

Even though astronauts receive some general medical training in preparation for a stay aboard the ISS, most of them still aren't medical professionals by any means - and with the inherent difficulties of microgravity and the relatively noisy environment inside the Station, even a simple diagnostic task like listening to a heartbeat can be a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Issaquah, WA

10 hrs ago | Daily Mail

A woman's risk of post-natal depression could be identified by a simple blood test during pregnancy

A blood test that can tell if a pregnant woman is at risk of post-natal depression is being developed.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Medicine, Psychiatry, Motherhood, Family

Tue May 21, 2013

Boston.com

Computers vs patients: A day in the life of a modern intern

If you're a medical intern, most of what you need to do your job can be pulled off a computer screen: Blood test results.

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Related Topix: Nursing

WFIE-TV Evansville

Genes may boost woman's risk of postpartum depression

Pregnant women with specific alterations in two genes may be at increased risk of suffering depression after giving birth, a small new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Haven, CT

EurekAlert!

Genetic predictors of postpartum depression uncovered by Hopkins researchers

Alteration of 2 genes, detectable by simple blood test during pregnancy, foretold illness with 85 percent certainty in small study The epigenetic modifications, which alter the way genes function without changing the underlying DNA sequence, can apparently be detected in the blood of pregnant women during any trimester, potentially providing a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Genetics, Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

Cleveland.com

Cleveland Museum of Art Chief Curator C. Griffith Mann appointed...

C. Griffith Mann of the Cleveland Museum of Art will head the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval department and Cloisters starting in September.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, OH

Sun May 19, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Veterinarians graduate from Tufts University

Veterinarians have served in the U.S. Army since the days of George Washington. Once they served as farriers for cavalry horses.

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Related Topix: Tufts University, US Military, Fort Carson, US Army, Fort Benning, Fort Benning, GA

Washington Examiner

Police still purse leads in Johns Hopkins grad student's slayings

The disappearance of a Johns Hopkins University graduate student once gripped the region and became known as the "Route 29 Stalker" investigation, but 17 years later her case remains unsolved.

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Related Topix: Culpeper, VA, Lignum, VA, Culpeper County, VA

Fri May 17, 2013

MediLexicon

Women In 40s Continue To Get Routine Mammograms At Same Rate, Despite New Recommendations

Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

Science News

News in Brief: Highlights from the Biology of Genomes meeting

Loblolly pine trees are used for lumber, paper and many other products. Scientists have compiled the organism's genome, the largest ever attempted.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Thu May 16, 2013

The Times-Picayune

Register now for St. Tammany SALT Elder Abuse Awareness Day professional seminar

"Elder abuse is a major social ill in our communities, our state and our nation," said St.

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Related Topix: Slidell, LA, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Drugs.com

Health Highlights: May 16, 2013

An emerging, SARS-like virus that has sickened 40 people in the Middle East and Europe since September has now caused illness in two health care workers who were caring for infected patients, health officials report.

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ConsumerAffairs.Com

No change in routine mammogram rate despite new guidance

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

KERA-TV Dallas

American Foreign Policy In Retreat

Hour 1: Has American diplomacy lost its way? We'll talk this hour with Vali Nasr , Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and former U.S. State Department advisor.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutic...

Development and Therapeutic Implications of Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibitors

Jay H. Kalin studied chemistry at Salisbury University, MD, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree under the supervision of Dr.

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Related Topix: Salisbury University, University of Illinois Chicago, Bethel College (Indiana), Purdue University, Medicine, Pharmacology

Media Matters for America

Is Hannity Really The Third Most Diverse Show On Evening Cable News?

Our recent report on diversity on evening cable news produced an unexpected finding that raised eyebrows here at Media Matters : According to our results, Fox News' Hannity was the third most ethnically diverse show, sandwiched closely between MSNBC's Politics Nation with Al Sharpton and CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront .

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Related Topix: Hannity, Entertainment, Television, African-American, Erin Burnett OutFront, Greta Van Susteren, US News, Liberal Political News

Health News Digest

Despite New Recommendations, Women in 40s Continue to Get Routine Mammograms at Same Rate

Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

New York Post

Feds recommend stricter DWI limits for states

States should lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended yesterday, saying the United States is too tolerant of impairment behind the wheel.

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Related Topix: Prison

Tue May 14, 2013

Psychology Today

Depression: Over-diagnosed?

Are Americans over-diagnosed and over-treated for depression , as claimed by a new study conducted at the Johns Hopkins University? The study examined over 5000 adults who had been told by a clinician that they suffered from depression.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health