The American Heart Association says cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and the CDC reports that over 60 million women (44%) in the United States are living with some form of heart disease.2 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United ...

The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative creates a collaborative space across Johns Hopkins University to incubate, accelerate, and disseminate impactful, world-class research on the business of health. It is supported by the Johns Hopkins’ Carey School of Business, the Bloomberg School of Publi...

Did you know every 40 minutes a woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer? Could the removal of your fallopian tubes (salpingectomy) save your life?

A Woman's Journey national chair Kelly Ripen speaks with gynecologic oncology surgeon Dr. Rebecca Stone about the need for early detection and innovat...

A Woman's Journey: Conversations that Matter December's monthly Hopkins at Home features infectious disease and cancer researcher Dr. Cynthia Sears discussing what the microbiome is, what changes it, and how emerging discoveries have revealed its broad impact on health and disease. Dr. Sears disc...

Early detection plays a vital role in treating pancreatic cancer and increases the chance of surviving the lethal disease. Learn from cancer pathologist Michael Goggins, director of the Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection Laboratory, about new strategies — including identifying gene variants respon...

Research is exploring the differences between men and women in underlying hormonal and genetic factors affecting health. Biologist and researcher Sabra Klein will explain her research focusing on sex hormones and how they may influence how men and women respond to infections and vaccinations.

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Please join Del. Emily K. Shetty (District 18) as she leads a discussion with Dr. David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D. (Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital-Bloomberg's Children Center), Dr. Isam Nasr (Director of Pediatric Trauma Program), and Dr. Erica Hodgman (Director, Pediatric Burn P...

Some change as we age is unavoidable, including in our hearing, and the availability of over the counter hearing aids is growing. Learn from otolaryngologist Carrie Nieman what is typical age-related hearing loss, and which treatment options are available and which may be best suited for various ...

Please join Senator Pam Beidle (District 32) and Ed Kumian (CEO of Priority Partners; Executive Leader of Johns Hopkins HealthCare) to hear about how Johns Hopkins Health Care's Managed Care Organization, Priority Partners, comprehensively cares for the Medicaid population across the State and is...

Recognizing that April marks National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Hopkins at Home present a series of conversations featuring faculty from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discussing this impor...

Recognizing that April marks National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Hopkins at Home present a series of conversations featuring faculty from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discussing this impor...

Recognizing that April marks National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Hopkins at Home present a series of conversations featuring faculty from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discussing this impor...

Want to learn about the latest efforts to reduce glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy — the most common causes of vision loss? Join two experts from the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins —glaucoma and cataract opthalmologist Mona Kaleem, M.D. and retina ophthalm...

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Join us for a virtual webinar examining the world of tropical disease through the lens of Malaria and Onchocerciasis (also known as Riverblindness). On the heels of a global pandemic, disease transmission f...

The 2022 awardees, Dr. Alexis Battle and Dr. Sarah Hörst, will present their research and how they will use the award to enhance their research endeavors. Join us for this fantastic event honoring the brilliant work of our award recipients, opened by Provost Sunil Kumar with introductions from Ch...

Headaches and migraines can stop us in our tracks, and chronic headaches and migraines can completely derail our lives. How do you tell the differences between headaches and migraines? Neurologist Anne Yacoub examines the many different types of headaches and their causes, defines the similaritie...

There are many differences between the sexes, particularly regarding stroke prevention and recovery. Join Elisabeth Marsh, M.D., cerebrovascular neurologist and director of the comprehensive stroke center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, as she explains differences in stroke etiology and ...

Headaches and migraines can stop us in our tracks, and chronic headaches and migraines can completely derail our lives. How do you tell the differences between headaches and migraines? Neurologist Anne Yacoub examines the many different types of headaches and their causes, defines the similaritie...

A 2019 analysis presented by Johns Hopkins Medicine and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine proposed that consumption of most vitamin, mineral and other nutritional supplements cannot be linked to protection from heart diseases or to a longer life. Join Johns Hopkins internist Bimal Asha...

Jeremy D. Brown, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is making significant strides in advancing the science of touch in human-robot interaction. Specifically, his research group, the Haptics and Medical Robotics (HAMR) Laboratory, seeks to generate and discover fundam...

Dr Cornelia Liu Trimble talks about the basics of Human papillomavirus infections, then moves to a discussion of new, emerging strategies to treat early signs that may signal HPV cancers.

Eight million U.S. women have osteoporosis, 50% of women will have a fracture in their lifetime and 25% of women will die in the first year following hip fracture. Menopause is a time when women’s bodies change significantly, with associated losses in bone strength and an increased risk of osteop...

Endometriosis, a disease in which tissue of the uterus is on the outside of the uterus and in other parts of the body, can be a source of severe pain and infertility. Endometriosis is caused by a hormonal immune system that may also contribute to many other conditions including irritable bowel sy...