human behavior
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They even have a name for it: “nomophobia.” It is the fear of not having your cellphone. According to a study published in “Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking,” nomophobes consider themselves at one with their smartphones.
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A new study found evidence suggesting that a mother's alcohol consumption while breastfeeding could have negative impacts on her child's cognitive abilities.
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Zirpoli: Better to fund football safety study than turf fields
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A new study by Jed Fahey, a nutritional biochemist at Johns Hopkins, and a team of researchers based in Europe and the U.S. suggests that sulforaphane, a compound that is found naturally in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, can reduce some of the harmful effects of Type II diabetes in overweight adults.
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Many African Americans are not getting flu shots because they don't trust the vaccine, while whites are more likely to think the flu is not a big deal, a new study has found.
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Research published Wednesday suggested a surprising consequence to an increase in Maryland's alcohol tax: Thousands of fewer cases of gonorrhea.
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Baltimore City ranked the least healthy jurisdiction in the state, followed by several rural counties on the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland, in a report released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which looked at counties across the country.
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Johns Hopkins medical researchers have used an improved imaging technique to detect brain damage in some former National Football League players.
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Doctors at trauma units around the country use different blood mixtures when performing transfusions on patients. For a long time it was unclear if one combination worked better than another because no one had ever studied the issue.
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New research from Johns Hopkins suggests reframing a stressful situation as potential gains or losses can help people avoid performance failures
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The people who run the federal government in Washington are whiter, richer, more educated and more liberal than the rest of the country -- which can create a troubling gap between those who govern and those who are governed, according to two Johns Hopkins University political scientists.
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But according to Beverly White-Seals, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Howard County - a nonprofit that supports other nonprofits within the county - there is one area where the county is coming up short: philanthropy.
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Urban Institute study concluded that hospitalizes could provide chance to intervene in violence
