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A feminine perspective on health
For savvy consumers, 'A Woman's Journey' is the path to
educated choices
Leslie G. Waldman, director for competitive strategy
at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said that Hopkins knew it was
onto something when the first A
Woman's Journey drew nearly double the expected
turnout. In the following years, Waldman said, attendance
numbers not only grew, but familiar faces would appear in
the crowd as, for many, the event became a not-to-be-missed
destination.
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Molecular tool can find DNA
'typos'
Scientists have designed a new molecular tool, dubbed
"LigAmp," to pinpoint DNA mutations among thousands of
cells, the equivalent of searching for a single typo in an
entire library of books. Preliminary studies in a small
number of cell lines and body fluids show the
ultra-sensitive test may help detect microscopic cancer and
HIV drug resistance.
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Free clinic to expand Hopkins services to
uninsured
The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute has established
a free clinic in East
Baltimore to offer health services to people without health
insurance. An estimated 25,000 area residents currently
lack any form of health insurance.
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Departments
Descendants of Johns Hopkins give $2 million to endow
professorship