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Research released recently by researchers from Drexel University in Philadelphia concluded that taxes on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages can reduce consumption of these drinks. Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the study...

Today is June 23, 2017 and it’s HHT Global Awareness Day! As a person who has HHT disease and the author of a new book called Living with HHT, I’m excited to be part of this special day devoted to HHT awareness—and I hope my book will contribute to HHT...

Our book Dizziness: Why You Feel Dizzy and What Will Help You Feel Better, has just been published, and several people have asked me why my co-author, Dr. Robert W. Baloh, and I wrote the book. What’s so important about dizziness, anyway? All agree it’s common...

I started working with older adults when I was only 15 years old. My best friend and I would go twice a week to volunteer at a local skilled nursing facility. I remember one day she said to me, “You’re really good at working with old people.” This was a funny...

Our authors have been scary busy this month. Here are the highlights: Wendy Gamber’s The Notorious Mrs. Clem (HC 9781421420202; $34.95) was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review. The book has also received publicity in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal...

Ten million children in the United States—two million of them preschoolers—suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents’ sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist...

We’re excited about the books we’ll be publishing this spring—and we're pleased to start off the new year with a series of posts that highlight our forthcoming titles. Be sure to check out the online edition of JHUP’s entire Spring 2016 catalog, and remember...

Guest post by Sue Friedman On April 15, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Myriad Genetics’ patents on the BRCA genes, which are associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, should be upheld. This case culminates a four-year legal...

The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Kay Harris Kriegsman and Sara Palmer “Being a parent has given me more to live for, more to appreciate about life. I...