Category: Health and Medicine
Guest post by Cathy Maulsby Tremendous progress has been made in the fight against HIV since the first World AIDS Day in 1988. Thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV can now be a manageable chronic disease, and in the U.S., the average life expectancy for people living with HIV (PLWH) continues to increase…
Guest post by Cathy Maulsby Tremendous progress has been made in the fight against HIV since the first World AIDS Day in 1988. Thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV can now be a manageable chronic disease, and in the U.S., the average life expectancy for people living with HIV (PLWH) continues to increase…
The most recent issue of the journal American Imago featured four essays focused on grief and loss. The issue, titled "Memory and Remembrance: Essays in Psychoanalytic Autobiography," contains "Lockout: Spacing Trauma and Recovery in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Shootings," an essay written by Virginia Tech University faculty member Stefanie Hofer. She lost her husband, Jamie…
The Fall 2015 issue of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine is a special issue, “Communicating Reproduction,” that sets an agenda for a long-term vision in this field. Tackling topics from medieval fertility charms to home birth activism, the five essays give a rich sense of current research. The issue is edited and introduced by…
If you are in Houston for the ASBH annual meeting, be sure to stop by Booth #408 to meet our staff, browse our latest publications, and and take advantage of special meeting discounts. Throughout the meeting and after, JHUP books will be available at a 30% discount when your use the discount code HNAF. Check out…
If you are in Houston for the ASBH annual meeting, be sure to stop by Booth #408 to meet our staff, browse our latest publications, and and take advantage of special meeting discounts. Throughout the meeting and after, JHUP books will be available at a 30% discount when your use the discount code HNAF. Check out…
JHUP author Dr. Adam L. Kushner will be signing copies of Operation Health in Chicago next week at the American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress 2015. Meet Adam and get your signed copy of at the Exhibit Hall Resource Center Book Signing Booth on Monday, October 5, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on…
Guest post by Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH, and Adam S. Cifu, MD For doctors, it is common to have some doubt about a new medical test, procedure or drug—even one which is widely hailed as remarkable or a game changer. It is not cynicism but a healthy skepticism towards marketing over substance. Doctors want…
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and we are especially mindful of the sobering statics related to this disease: more than 20,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and approximately 15,000 women die annually from the disease. Later this month, JHU Press is very proud to be publishing the…
Earlier this year, the journal Bulletin of the History of Medicine published a selection of papers called “Beyond Illustrations: Doing Anatomy with Images and Objects.” The articles examine the importance and impact of the visualization of anatomy, pathology, and disease. Carin Berkowitz, director of the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical…