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Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

Loblolly pine trees are used for lumber, paper and many other products. Scientists have compiled the organism's genome, the largest ever attempted.

"Elder abuse is a major social ill in our communities, our state and our nation," said St.

An emerging, SARS-like virus that has sickened 40 people in the Middle East and Europe since September has now caused illness in two health care workers who were caring for infected patients, health officials report.

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs.

Hour 1: Has American diplomacy lost its way? We'll talk this hour with Vali Nasr , Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and former U.S. State Department advisor.

Jay H. Kalin studied chemistry at Salisbury University, MD, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree under the supervision of Dr.

Our recent report on diversity on evening cable news produced an unexpected finding that raised eyebrows here at Media Matters : According to our results, Fox News' Hannity was the third most ethnically diverse show, sandwiched closely between MSNBC's Politics Nation with Al Sharpton and CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront .

Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

States should lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended yesterday, saying the United States is too tolerant of impairment behind the wheel.

Are Americans over-diagnosed and over-treated for depression , as claimed by a new study conducted at the Johns Hopkins University? The study examined over 5000 adults who had been told by a clinician that they suffered from depression.

Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around.

Just add dogs. It turns out that's a fairly easy recipe for taking a bit of the stress out of the room, one that Caitanya Min, Trad.

Experiments at Johns Hopkins have unearthed clues about which protein signaling molecules are allowed into hollow, hair-like "antennae," called cilia, that alert cells to critical changes in their environments.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for COPD exacerbations, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

People with higher levels of cadmium in their urine - evidence of chronic exposure to the heavy metal found in industrial emissions and tobacco smoke - appear to be nearly 3.5 times more likely to die of liver disease than those with lower levels, according to a study by Johns Hopkins scientists.

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Rockville's Allergy & Immunology specialist Dr.

Invited by Southcrest Christian School, Dr. Ben Carson will make a speaking appearance called "Dessert with Dr.

According to a new report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , more than half a million US children have elevated levels of lead in their blood.

WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2013 In a study published online Saturday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found arsenic levels in chicken that exceed those that occur naturally.