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With Lyme disease the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the nation, the urgency of advancing research is greater than ever before. Lyme Research Alliance is awarding half a million dollars to fund six promising studies to find a reliable diagnostic test and effective treatment options for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Stamford, CT (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The Lyme Research Alliance (LRA), one of the nation’s leading private funders of Lyme disease research, today announced it...

In adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk for CKD progression and transplant failure. Now, a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Dayton Children’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins University has found a possible similar effect in children with kidney disease who are exposed to secondhand smoke. Dayton, OH (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 In adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk for...

While global attention has for decades been focused on reducing maternal mortality, population-based data on other causes of death among women of reproductive age has been virtually non-existent. A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that non-communicable diseases accounted for 48 percent of 1,107 investigated female deaths in rural Bangladesh between 2002 and 2007. The findings lend urgency to review global health priorities to address...

Aim is to Create Program that can be Replicated Elsewhere Around Globe BALTIMORE, Md., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has partnered with Barclays Bank to develop a youth entrepreneurship program with the Bloomberg School's Center for American Indian Health. The new initiative is aimed at designing an evidence-based program to inspire American Indian youth to stay in school and create business and social entrepreneurship...

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Gun Research Director To Propose Evidence-Based Policies for Reducing Gun Violence At National Press Club Newsmaker on March 15 WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December instantly put gun control back at the top of the public policy agenda. But policymakers searching for answers seemed to have few solid studies to guide them. In 1996, at the urging of the National Rifle...

A new report from researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds the majority of the previously reported increase in suicide in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010 is attributable to an increase in hanging/suffocation, which increased from 19 percent of all suicides in 2000 to 26 percent of all suicides in 2010. The largest increase in hanging/suffocation occurred among those aged 45-59 years (104 percent increase). The results are published in the December issue of...

- Award-winning campaign goes national at public health conference - NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 28th, over 13,000 people will gather in San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) focused on "Prevention and Wellness across the Life Span." The Monday Campaigns (TMC), a nonprofit initiative backed by leading public health schools, will roll out its award-winning "Man Up Monday" campaign, which uses...

A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Niger Countdown Case Study Working Group found that child mortality in Niger—one of the world’s poorest countries—declined nearly 50 percent over the last decade. According to the authors, the advances in survival made in Niger far outpaced other nations in the West Africa region. The study appears in a special issue of The Lancet examining the United Nations Millennium Challenge Goals for 2015. For...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DST Health Solutions, LLC today announced that it has been named a founding partner of the Johns Hopkins Center for Population Health IT (CPHIT), a program dedicated to supporting health care systems and public health agencies through the improved and expanded use of health information technology (HIT). CPHIT will collaborate with HIT industry leaders and public and private organizations to identify population health priorities,...

In a Perspective article appearing in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, public health researchers examine how recommendations in a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM)—"Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation"—square with American's opinions about the obesity epidemic. Over the last 30 years, rates of obesity have doubled among adults and tripled among children. The new IOM report summarizes growing evidence that these...