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‘I just knew it was not normal’: This MD program offers help for parents and their troubled youngsters
Maryland’s internship program places social work students in pediatric offices, improving access to youth mental health care in underserved areas.
Maryland universities improve in U.S. News’ medical school rankings
The University of Maryland took some big steps forward and Johns Hopkins remained near the top of the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of medical schools. The University […]
Med schools focus on active learning but not ready to kill the lecture
Remember the lecture class? A big hall, either too hot or too cold, crammed full of students listening to a droning professor and maybe falling asleep? It’s been one of […]
Md. firm’s brain function technology supported in journal findings
A technology used in a Maryland firm’s head injury assessment device had findings about it published in a peer-reviewed journal. Findings from a multi-site trial of Bethesda-based BrainScope Co. Inc.’s brain […]
Will Md. drug price gouging bill shape national debate?
The drug Naloxone, often sold under the brand name Narcan, has become a critical tool in the fight against the opioid epidemic. But since the drug’s ability to counter overdoses […]
Hopkins one of the best in U.S. News rankings of med schools
Johns Hopkins University placed third in the country for top medical schools for research in U.S. News and World Report’s graduate school rankings released this week. The Baltimore institution was […]
Doctors in Md., US struggle with medical marijuana knowledge gap
With Maryland announcing its first round of cannabis dispensary licenses, patients with certain medical conditions will soon be able to obtain cannabis to treat their chronic pain. But are physicians sufficiently […]
Md. cannabis company pledges $20M for research
One of the companies that’s hoping to grow medical marijuana in Maryland has promised $20 million dollars to support cannabis research. That’s assuming, of course, that the company is granted the […]
Despite projections, Hopkins not first to perform US penis transplant
BOSTON — A cancer patient received the first penis transplant in the United States and is recovering well from the delicate surgery, doctors said Monday. Thomas Manning of Halifax, Massachusetts, […]
Hopkins docs say Ice Bucket Challenge helped research
A research team from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has found an explanation for the formation of protein clumps in the brains of some patients with ALS, or […]
Former Hopkins med school employee files $350K discrimination suit
A former Johns Hopkins School of Medicine employee who suffers from Crohn’s disease has filed a $350,000 lawsuit against the school, alleging she was forced to resign following months of […]
Former dean of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine dies
The former dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has died. The school announced that Richard S. Ross, a cardiologist who also served as president of the American […]
