Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | yesterday
Such is the title of the latest article in the Chicago Tribune by Trine Tsouderos and Patricia Callahan. The article is subtitled: Researchers’ fears about misuse of their work come true. Go now and read it. I’ll pull some examples here, but read the article. Send it to your friends. When a writer tells [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
HYDERABAD: Even as 18 million patients in India suffer from condition of heart failure, there is no awareness to recognise symptoms and seek medical help, said Dr. C. Narasimhan, Director, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology Services, CARE ...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Here's a nifty write-up of counterinsurgency sensei David Kilcullen's speech at John Hopkins, delivered last night. Kilcullen's been in the news recently, warning of a "Suez-like disaster" should the White House lowball USFOR-A boss Gen McChrystal's request for 40k additional...
TechCrunch UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
[UK] London-based Mendeley , which calls itself "the Last.fm of research", has announced that its reached somewhat of a milestone today - claiming 100,000 users and 8 million research papers uploaded to the site in less than a year since its launch. Furthermore, the online database is doubling in size every 10 weeks, says the company. That's pretty impressive stuff and should Mendeley's...
The Mill (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to hear the good stuff on every night of the week. Mon – 11/16 The XX / John Hopkins / The Dig @ Local 506 – The xx is a modern R&B inspired indie trio of 20-somethings from South London who sound like some blues-ed out Interpol, slowed [...]
eJewish Philanthropy (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
by Professor Hillel Schmid and Avishag Rudich Where are the Israeli philanthropists? Jewish donors from around the world have asked that question over the years . Although the Israeli economy has grown impressively in the past two decades, Israeli philanthropies are often perceived as»
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels. “Often times we are surprised that a drug known [...]
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Take a look at this second of three new posters from Tim Burton's film.
Novel Patient (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Sometimes you expect one thing and get another... especially when living with multiple chronic illnesses. I finally saw the Sjogren's specialist at yesterday. He spent a good 40 minutes pouring over my records and taking notes on them. He listened to my insanely long list of symptoms.
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
We also have information on how you can see more posters as well.
NAC Daily News and Intelligence (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
This Thursday, Join Next American City as we present URBANEXUS Baltimore with our co-host, Urbanite Magazine. Baltimore, home to John Hopkins and University of Maryland, has long been regarded as a hub for world-class medical research. But many communities in the city continue to struggle with significant health disparities and stubborn public health challenges. What is health care innovation? Can...
Time (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
McCain commemorates anniversary of Berlin Wall's collapse with Monday speech at John's Hopkins. REMARKS: Read them here.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
When school began in September, the kids of Baltimore became the first in the country to adopt 'Meatless Mondays, and international program that asks people to cut meat from their diet one day a week.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Doctors are set to perform Britain's first threeway series of kidney transplants by the end of the year.
Somewhere in the Sun (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This week's Take it and Run Thursday comes from Chelsea , who asks: "You’re on the selection Committee for the Nobel Prize for Running. Who would you nominate for the winner and why? It could be an elite or a beginning runner....a courageous ordinary runner in your community who inspires you.... or the local running club leader, race director, or running store owner who gives tirelessly...
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