Category: Health and Medicine

Going “Beyond Illustration”

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…

Lyme disease update: spread continues; experts confirm sixth deer tick-associated infection

Guest post by Alan Barbour, MD (With Lyme disease on the move and making news, we invited Lyme Disease author Dr. Alan Barbour to contribute regular updates to the JHU Press blog in the coming months. His posts will highlight the latest findings on Lyme and other deer tick-associated infections and share insights on diagnosis,…

Lyme disease update: spread continues; experts confirm sixth deer tick-associated infection

Guest post by Alan Barbour, MD (With Lyme disease on the move and making news, we invited Lyme Disease author Dr. Alan Barbour to contribute regular updates to the JHU Press blog in the coming months. His posts will highlight the latest findings on Lyme and other deer tick-associated infections and share insights on diagnosis,…

Diagnosis of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan highlights effective treatment for lymphomas

Guest post by Elizabeth M. Adler, PhD Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who was diagnosed several weeks ago with an aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has recently begun chemotherapy. Lymphoma comes in an astonishing variety of “flavors,” making it difficult to comment on the governor’s prognosis without knowing his precise diagnosis. However, most B-cell lymphomas are…

Diagnosis of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan highlights effective treatment for lymphomas

Guest post by Elizabeth M. Adler, PhD Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who was diagnosed several weeks ago with an aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has recently begun chemotherapy. Lymphoma comes in an astonishing variety of “flavors,” making it difficult to comment on the governor’s prognosis without knowing his precise diagnosis. However, most B-cell lymphomas are…