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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...

--Recipients of $1.7 Million Award from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute-- MIAMI, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved a research award to the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) and Johns Hopkins University to deliver telemedicine care to people with Parkinson's disease in their homes. E. Ray Dorsey, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center is the lead...

Colleen’s Dream Foundation is making its first ovarian cancer research grant to Johns Hopkins University on May 08, 2013, World Ovarian Cancer Day. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Colleen’s Dream Foundation is making its first ovarian cancer research grant of $10,000 to Johns Hopkins University on May 08, 2013, to celebrate the first-ever World Ovarian Cancer Day, according to Colleen’s Dream Foundation President Billy Cundiff. “One of the main goals of Colleen's Dream...

Mara McAdams DeMarco, Ph.D. of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Maryland was awarded $100,000 to pursue her research on the risk factors and consequences of gout, a form of arthritis, in older adults. The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) and the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) jointly funded her work in their first-time collaboration of the Arthritis and Aging Research Grant. Long Beach, CA and New York, NY (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Mara McAdams DeMarco, Ph.D....

SWARTHMORE, Pa., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Many people believe that the earlier children begin learning about saving and investing, the better their chances for future financial stability. But what happens when a simple economics lesson has the Securities and Exchange Commission knocking on your door? Elissa Brent Weissman's new book, The Short Seller (Atheneum, May), takes readers on a journey into the exciting but high-stakes world of online trading and the stock market, as seen...

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...

Panel addresses challenging journey of new medical device from idea to market. Fayetteville, Arkansas (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 Robert (Bob) Storey, CEO of OsteoVantage, Inc. and Executive in Residence for VIC Technology Venture Development, presented at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s conference “The Business of Medical Devices” on April 9th. Mr. Storey, who also works with the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office to obtain funding for promising Hopkins...

Johns Hopkins University By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow conduits in the body as well as find early signs of cancer or other diseases. In two recent peer-reviewed journal articles, the team reported successful animal testing of the tiny tools, which require no batteries, wires or tethers as they...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Transparency allows for consumers to make informed decisions on everything from fast food to automobiles.The same could be held true for physicians, allowing them to order considerably fewer tests or search for lower-priced alternatives when shown the costs of diagnostic procedures, if this transparency was available to them, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In a study performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital,...

ESA/Hubble The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has broken the record in the quest to find the furthest supernova of the type used to measure cosmic distances. This supernova exploded more than 10 billion years ago (redshift 1.914), at a time the Universe was in its early formative years and stars were being born at a rapid rate. The supernova, designated SN UDS10Wil, belongs to a special class of exploding stars known as Type Ia supernovae. These bright beacons are prized by astronomers...