Archive for July, 2008

Note to People with Scarred and Stiffened Lungs: Monitor Your Sleep Before Severe Fatigue Sets In

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Family, friends and neighbors remember Lisa Sandler Spaeth as an active mother of two in Potomac, Md., with a lot on the go, juggling her son’s baseball games and her daughter’s horseback-riding lessons with numerous committee obligations, organizing women’s activities at her local synagogue. Add to this Spaeth’s thriving home business turned wholesale supplier – making custom hair accessories for children – which she founded with her mother.

JAMA Revisits Classic Hopkins Blue Baby Study

Friday, July 18th, 2008

A Johns Hopkins study published 63 years ago will make an encore appearance in the July 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) as part of a year-long retrospective celebrating JAMA’s 125th anniversary by revisiting papers that changed the course of modern-day medicine.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Tops U.S. News & World Report “Honor Roll” 18th Year in a Row

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again, for the 18th consecutive time, earned the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and very high in 12 others.