$13.6M National Cancer Institute Grant Gives Birth to
Johns Hopkins Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

$13.6M National Cancer Institute Grant Gives Birth to<br>Johns Hopkins Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

Faculty within the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology has received a five-year $13.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to form the Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. This new sector within the prestigious Johns Hopkins medical research system is a comprised of engineers, biologists, and physicians who are all focused on the development of […]

CareFirst Rewarding Doctors For Better Care

CareFirst Rewarding Doctors For Better Care

Recently, I read an article in the Baltimore Business Journal that discussed how CareFirst, the region’s largest health insurer is starting a program next year that will reward physicians who “change the way they deliver primary care.” The new program, which will launch January 1, 2011, is designed to double the reimbursement rate the insurer […]

Do Supplements Cause More Harm Than Good?

Do Supplements Cause More Harm Than Good?

Anybody who has ever played a sport competitively, or trains in the gym on a daily basis has taken or heard about fitness supplements. With more and more cases of athletes testing positive for steroids, and professional sports organizations like Major League Baseball and the NFL cracking down on performance enhancement drug (PED) use by […]