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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.

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)

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

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 .

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

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.

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.