Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Physicians' belief about obesity causes impacts advice and care
How physicians view the causes of obesity may impact the advice they give their patients. The findings are from a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who compared the relationship ...
Overweight and Obesity
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Study finds health departments hindered in addressing health concerns from animal production sites
State and local health departments face significant barriers and usually do not get involved when confronted with public health concerns resulting from food animal production sites, according to a new study led by researchers ...
Health
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Chronic kidney disease increases risk of death for both women and men
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium (CKD-PC) found that in general chronic kidney disease is similarly associated with a higher risk of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health priorities identified
Quality sexual and reproductive health care is an essential component of public health. However, there are insufficient evidence-based policies related to adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income ...
Health
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Guided care provides better quality of care for chronically ill older adults
Patients who received Guided Care, a comprehensive form of primary care for older adults with chronic health problems, rated the quality of their care much higher than patients in regular primary care, and used less home ...
Health
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to treat obesity
Your primary care physician may be your first choice for assistance with most health-related issues, but according a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, primary care physicians ...
Overweight and Obesity
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Time restrictions on TV advertisements ineffective in reducing youth exposure to alcohol ads
Efforts to reduce underage exposure to alcohol advertising by implementing time restrictions have not worked, according to new research from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
Health
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Overprescribing of opioids impacts patient safety and public health
(Medical Xpress)—A Viewpoint article published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the clinical practice of prescribing amphetamines, opioids, and benzodiazepines to treat chronic pain m ...
Medications
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Rate of suicide by hanging/suffocation doubles in middle-aged men and women
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 ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Housing quality associated with children's burn injury risk
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds many children may be at heightened risk for fire and scald burns by virtue of living in substandard housing. Researchers surveyed ...
Pediatrics
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Chronic kidney disease increases risk of death at all ages
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium found that chronic kidney disease and its complications were associated with a higher risk of death ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Restricting high-risk individuals from owning guns saves lives
On July 20, a gunman in Aurora, Colorado, used an assault rifle to murder 12 people and wound 58 others. Although this was one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, all mass shootings account for a small percentage ...
Other
Oct 25, 2012 |
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School-wide interventions improve student behavior
An analysis of a school behavior strategy—known as School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)—found that these types of programs significantly reduced children's aggressive behaviors and office ...
Pediatrics
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Providers needed for treatment of fatal non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh
Although non-communicable diseases account for a significant burden of deaths among women of reproductive age in low-income countries, little is known about how women and their families seek care for these diseases. A study ...
Health
Oct 12, 2012 |
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Living near livestock may increase risk of acquiring MRSA
People who live near livestock or in livestock farming communities may be at greater risk of acquiring, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a new study led by an international team of researchers from t ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 10, 2012 |
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