researchers at johns hopkins university used m-r-i to look at the left ventricles of nearly three-thousand adults. both men and women showed a decrease in ventricular volume -- or the amount of blood the heart can hold. but men's hearts also got heavier over time ... while women's hearts did not. more studies are needed -- but experts say heart disease patients may one day benefit from gender-specific treatment. the number of moles on a person's arm ... could predict their risk of melanoma. british researchers compared skin cancer risk to mole counts on 17 parts of the body. in fact, women with over eleven moles on their right arm were more likely to have at least 100 total moles ... and therefore at a higher risk of melanoma. brad's here -- with high school and college volleyball. regionals are underway for iowa prep teams, and after beating the top-2 teams in the nation, dordt makes a visit to briar cliff. and, the south dakota football team loses their leading rusher, and a team captain, for the rest of the season. october first marked a change in how your debit and credit cards are pro

we have a professor of public health in john hopkins university.is getting a lot of attention in the medical world, what do you think? >> just in time for the the world series. if you stop drinking and took subjects, a hundred of men and women drinking about ten drinks a week. little more than the average, and had them stop drinking entirely for a january cessation program. and even in one month, liver function improved and cholesteral went down and blood pressure was better controlled and over all improved on the type two diabetes. and dramatic results. yes, this is getting a lot of attention in health care. >> i don't think of alcohol being connected with type two diabetes or high blood pressure. >> there is two dangerous things in alcohol. one is the alcohol itself and the other is the sugar that accompanies bore and wine. and that sugar has an impact on liver metabolism. sugar is recognized to cause things like a general inflammatory state and heart disease and cancer. but we know it drives obesity. >> patients who stopped drinking had suppleme

researchers at johns hopkins university used mr toi look at left ventricles of nearly 3,000 adults over ten years. both men and women showed a decrease in ventricular volume or the amount of blood that the heart can hold, but men's hearts also got heavier over time while women's hearts did not. experts say heart disease patients may one day benefit from gender specific treatment. >>> a new study suggests that a doctor can quickly estimate your skin cancer risk by counting the number of moles on your arm. melanoma often arrives from a pre-existing mole and researchers found that having about ten moles on your right arm or more than 100 on your entire body is a strong predictor of future melanoma. however, they don't recommend that patients do the counting themselves because it can be hard to dell the difference between a mole and a freckle or a sun spot. >>> do bad drivers get your blood boiling? well, get this, a new car seat in the development may help you control road rage. it's called an active wellness seat, and it is designed to monitor emotions of drivers. the seat detects stress

it was good to get your thoughts on this story, professor jackson james from john hopkins university.>? >> thank you. >> voters in the mountainous cents tral asian republic of khirzikstan will announce a newspaper leader. >> when it comes to central asian democracy, this is as good as it gets. there is such a pluralal society campaign has been short on messages of tolerance of dye versety. harassment of minorities like gays and lesbian s is common place. in this video, so-called pat tree on theic movements forced their way into a private home and intimidate those inside. those same groups back an anti--gay propaganda law that enjoys cross-party support. >> i meet a candidate who tells me there is no space for gail people in kryx society. >> homosexwalty is a history. dra. >> democrats say they support diversity. there should be no dim chris nation against people regardless of their religion, ethnicity or views. the law requires the state to ensure their safety. it's not only my opinion, but this is what the law says. we should treat people equally. >> concern of the country's struggli

the study comes from johns hopkins university.m telling you, when you get together, no longer trying to impress and everything else, you just start eating together, you want to share good food together. >> but you got to get up and go to the gym together. because you can't get big together. because then you will blame each other. well, i was eating when you were eating and i was trying and you didn't want to go to the gym. >> you lived this. >> i know. >> i'm not married but i know. hey, in case you didn't know it is back to the future. >> where is the clip? >> waist going on? >> where are we? >> when are we? >> hill valley, california at 4:29 p.m. wednesday october 21st, 2015. >> 2015? you mean we're in the future? >> future, what do you mean? how can we be in the future? >> jennifer, i don't know how to tell you this, but you're in a time machine. >> i thought michael j. fox was better actor than that. marty mc fly travels today to save his kids. stay tuned now we'll celebrate back to the future day coming up on god day. >> all

government relations and advocacy and was a non-resident fellow for trans-atlantic relations at john hopkins university'school of advanced international studies. welcome back, ma'am. and second, we are pleased to say hello to the honorable leon rodriguez who is the director of the united states citizenship and immigration service. previously, mr. rodriguez served as the director for the office of civil rights at the department of health and human services and before that served in the united states attorney's office for the western district of pennsylvania and was a trial attorney in the civil division of the department of justice. welcome, mr. rodriguez. and now, we also welcome back a good friend, senior deputy assistant of administrator, thomas staal. he has served in usaid since the late '80s and served at director of the iraq reconstruction office. mr. staal also served as the mission director in lebanon, ethiopia and iraq. and you don't have to be a good friend of the subcommittee to be a witness. but we just have good witnesses, and we welcome you back. so thank you. ms. richard, we'll start with

scientists at johns hopkins university say the information might someday help doctors use gender specific treatments for heart failure. jake>> if you have more than 11 moles on your arm... you might have a higher risk of melanoma. london researchers say the risk of melanoma increases two to four percent for every mole you have. people with 11 or more moles on their right arm were more likely to have 100 moles on their whole body. jake>> and when you tickle the toes of a newborn... the baby might not be experiencing what you think. a new study out of london shows infants who are less than four months old feel the touch... and wiggle their feet without connecting it to the person who is touching them. researchers say the babies perceived the touches just on their bodies... and not from the external world. jake>> new warnings today about the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. the american academy of pediatrics has issued a new report that says *no amount* of alcohol is safe for pregnant women. we're getting the details from (we - juh) weijia (jang) jiang in washington d - c. i wou

jacksons a paper at hole by one of my former colleagues who is now at johns hopkins university, wherecall into question the idea that you never control inflation and a felix curve arrangement. have,nd the claimant we paradigm forew major central banks with the phillips curve? that is what they are struggling with. if they are struggling with it, the rest of us will be struggling to find out where the reaction function will be. in the currency world, i think the yen looks good. we like the dollar still. --: the level on the yen someone yesterday said 110. mr. barth: i do think it will go there. i like it versus the dollar, aussie, korea, the brazilian real. i like that, i like the dollar. the earlier point about inflation and the change in paradigm, it looks cheap. gamma,rd of the day, there is a lot of volatility that you are not being fully commentated on. sloping bowl proof, that is massively underpriced. you look at the refugee crisis -- tom: you are at increasing agitation in the market? gamma, just a you know, i have for out for and beta, i do not have one for gamma yet. we have

gaithersburg fourth grader and his fellow cub scouts had all the science they could handle at johns hopkins universityll the way through? >> yes. >> reporter: they learn extracting the d.n.a. from a strawberry. but nothing is more fun for 9 and 10-year-old boys than pulling apart a hair ball coughed up by an owl. >> they get a whole bunch of fur and bones and they can't digest. >> reporter: believe it or not kids start thinking about their career in fourth grade so now is the time to reach out to them. exactly why johns hopkins connects school groups with real scientists. >> sometimes kids are afraid of science because there's a lot of information, a lot of things you need to know and in fact it's very approachable. >> reporter: and if you teach it this way, thought provoking, too. >> oh, you broke it. >> so cute. if you'd like more information on the wet lab at johns hopkins in rockville, i have a link on my facebook page. if you have a school stem story, reach me there, too, and send me a direct message. >>> still to come this morning, sometimes you need argument reassurance -- you need a little rea

dispense the limits of hip hop and black politics, associate professor of political science at johns hopkins university who specializes in the study of black racial and urban politics in the wake of the neoliberal turn, and award-winning scholar in 2013 when he sees the distinguished book award and teacher and 2009 received an excellent asis teaching award. can be regularly aired on national public radio. next book will be out at the end of october. please welcome our esteemed panelists. [applause] >> what i am going to do is start with letting the panelists, beginning with lester spence kind of describe what their individual books are about. >> zero, wow. thank you very much. i knew that i was in the right place when i saw theyi saw they had a book festival because it meant that baltimore was literate and i wanted to be in a place where people like to read and reading mattered. i am really interested in kind of the reproduction of any quality within black spaces. if youspaces. if you look at any quality across time from 1929 or so until the present, it takes the shape of athe you, really really high l

on the corner of orleans and broadway in baltimore, that's right on the edge of the johns hopkins universityliams says it happened while carson was a resident at johns hopkins. he apparently went to get french fries for his family and never came back with the fries. in the intervening time a man walked up, stuck a gun in his ribs and he sort of directed that individual to the person who was the shopkeeper or the proprietor of the popeye's. carson says he has no idea if the incident was reported to police but he does recall, according to armstrong williams, that people in the neighborhood started chasing after the robber. williams said he has no idea what time of year this occurred. we have reached out to popeye's headquarters in atlanta. they have not returned my call, brooke. >> all right, joe. keep us apprised of what you find out. joe johns, thank you so much, in washington. >>> top of the hour here. you're watching cnn. i am brooke baldwin. we begin with breaking news. president barack obama arriving in oregon to meet with survivors of the college shooting last week in oregon. his appear

the largest private employer in the state of illinois is johns hopkins university. if i had ron peterson with us right now, he would tell us this is an act of enlightened self-interest. he would tell you they have former offenders employed at entry-level positions, as phlebotomists, up and down the various job descriptions at hopkins. this is what we have to do across the country. this is a smart initiative by reducing recidivism. host: what would employers tell you about the challenges with hiring a former inmate? guest: a number of employers have a concern, this person got convicted for theft, what do i do? toolbox tols in the address some of the concerns you have. workforcece, every system in the 2500 american job centers have shared he bonds. will employer says energy to take a flier but what happens if that person steals from me, the answer is to mow we will insure against that. -- the answer is we will insure against that. both a logistical items that need to be worked out and have been worked out and can be worked out. host: the news many saw recently that th

the largest private employer in the state of maryland is john topic -- john hopkins university. had the head of the hospital with us right now, he will tell you that this is an act of enlightened self interest. he would also tell you that they have a former offenders employee at entry-level positions. may have them employed as economists, x-ray techs, up and down the various job descriptions at john hopkins. this is a smart on-time initiative by reducing recidivism. host: what would employers tell you about the challenges with hiring a former inmate? guest: a number of employers have concern like this person got convicted for theft, what do i do? is, we have tools in the toolbox to address some of those concerns that you have. system in thee job centers, they have security bonds. if an employer says they might be willing to take a flyer on that person what happens at the answer is, we will insure against that. a number of people who are leaving jail have requirements to report to information officer -- a probation officer. those -- logistical items that have to be and can be wor

of course he was a resident at john hopkins university medical school at the time.e of his campaign aides said this specific popeye's on this specific corner in baltimore. but we checked with popeye's representatives today at their headquarters in atlanta they say they have no record of this. of course this is a long time ago. anyone working in a fast food restaurant at the time certainly probably is not around now. anyone who's working there right now is probably not born then. but it's just a bizarre thing to bring up. we have to remember the context of this. >> i was just going to say. >> the context of this i think is even more damning than the specifics of the popeye's thing. he was talking about how victims in the oregon shooting didn't defend themselves properly on the heels of the holocaust. he's not going to wear well. >> he's getting hammered on this comment, right? >> right. >> so all of a sudden this story pops up. >> it's interesting. he's sort of a new figure nationally, but the reason he's doing so well among iowa evangelical voters and everything are

inch addition authorize work with the government she is a visiting a sis stand professor at johns hopkins university. her career has been one of public experience and her expertise in financial issues has provided critical insight in a time when middle class families are being squeezed more and more between risings costs and stagnant income. it's pri -- my great pleasure to bring dr. dynan to the stage. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, christian, for that very gracious introduction, and thanks for inviting me to participate. i'm really so glad that cap is digging in on this topic. in the two plus year i've been in the administration i learned things that have really unscoredded for me the importance of higher saving in the retirement context, and in other con texts as well. and i've also learned just how complicated. it is to develop policy options on those fronts. so, i think it's great you're digging in. i also will say i'm glad you assembled such an all-team of experts to participate in this conference, speaking to people who have influence, people's research. i've been in

rescue committee and was a nonresident fellow for the center for transatlantic relations at johns hopkins university's school of advanced international studies. welcome back, ma'am. and second, we are pleased to say hello to the honorable leon rodriguez who is the director of the united states citizenship and immigration service. previously mr. rodriguez served as the director of the office for civil rights at the department of health and human services and before that served in the united states attorney's office for the western district of pennsylvania and was a trial attorney in the civil division of the department of justice. welcome, mr. rodriguez. and now we also welcome back a good friend, senior deputy assistant administrator thomas doll of the bureau of democracy, conflict and humanitarian assistance at usaid. he's served there since the late '80s and has served as the director of the iraq reconstruction office. mr. stahl also served as the admission director in lebanon, ethiopia and iraq and you don't have to be a good friend of the subcommittee to be a witness, but we just get good witnesse

she served as a visiting assistant professor at johns hopkins university.erkimer has been one of public service and expertise also financial issues has by the critical insight of someone middle-class families we just heard putting squeeze more and more between rising costs and stagnant incomes. it is my great pleasure to bring confined to the stage. thank you very much -- to bring dr. dynan to the stage. has declined markedly over the past several decades. american said about 12% of their income on average in the 1970s, about 9% on average in the 1980s and about 7% on average in the 1990s. since 2000 the personal saving rate has averaged just under 5% which is about where it is today. it's a very low-level a historical standards. researches don't entirely understand the source of the longer-term decline, but some have pointed to lower interest rates, higher aggregate wealth and a greater ability and willingness of households to borrow as possible contributing factors. whatever the reason low personal saving can be problematic for the growth of aggregate inc

inch addition authorize work with the government she is a visiting a sis stand professor at johns hopkins universityeer has been one of public experience and her expertise in financial issues has provided critical insight in a time when

the largest private employer in the state of illinois is johns hopkins university. if i had ron peterson with us right now, he would tell us this is an act of enlightened self-interest. he would tell you they have former offenders employed at entry-level positions, as phlebotomists, up and down the various job descriptions at hopkins. this is what we have to do across the country. this is a smart initiative by reducing recidivism. host: what would employers tell you about the challenges with hiring a former inmate? guest: a number of employers have a concern, this person got convicted for theft, what do i do? toolbox tols in the address some of the concerns you have. workforcece, every system in the 2500 american job centers have shared he bonds. will employer says energy to take a flier but what happens if that person steals from me, the answer is to mow we will insure against that. -- the answer is we will insure against that. both a logistical items that need to be worked out and have been worked out and can be worked out. host: the news many saw recently that th

i'm not sure why the other side is deciding to be science deniers now but johns hopkins university endedam because they realized that people who go through with the sex change surgery have a 20 fold increase in suicide rates as opposed to those who don't. and this is not only very expensive to an already bankrupt system that is releasing tens of thousands of prisoners every year because of expenses, and now they are going to put all this money into what is essentially a plastic surgery that is very dangerous and playing with lives. >> and the most important part about the building block for all of this is a doctor needs to say that the operation is medically necessary for someone with gender dysphoria, they will be harmed if they don't have it. how settled though is the science behind that? how settled is is the science? how accurately can every patient or rather evaluate every patient and say this person has a medical necessity for a taxpayer funded sex change? >> i don't know about the johns hopkins study. and i think your question is a great one. i think he we are still trying to unde

researchers at johns hopkins and boston university found young drinkers are about five times more likely to choose alcohol brands advertised on national t - v. society said tuesday that women of average risk could wait until age 45 for their i itial screening for breast cancer.r. c - b - s news correspondentdoctor jon lapook has more on the changed guidines. (sot, kimberly taylor 2343) i really took the advice of thth doctct at first, in consideration. but it was very confusing. (narration two) in recent years, medical g2oups have disagreed about when to start screening and how often to do it. a major task force has suggested mammography every other year starting at 50. the american cancer society previously recommended annual screening beginning at 40. (graphic 1) today's new guidelines recommend women of average risk be screened: - annually starting at 45 - then every two years starting at 55 (american cancer society) (narration three) dr. kevin oeffinger of memorial sloan kettering cancer center chaired the guidelines panel. (4142) from 45 on, we felt that annual mammography gave us o

. >> michael bloomberg is also close to the university you work, johns hopkins.ng add voe scvocate for gun. what is it that he doesn't understand that you understand? to answer that question. >> let me go with you first. and then. >> what i understand quite vividly is what daniel webster said. daniel webster said america will never suffer under tyranny because the people are armed. that's what i understand. so i don't want to see tyranny occur here. >> can't -- >> adams also said that there may come a time when we do not have good people at the helm of our country. we can't always assume that it is going to be that case. >>-up ha you criticized preside obama for going to or gun egon meet with victims' families, you said it is becoming a political issue, can you change it without politicizing it? >> first, let's set the record straight. what i was asked, if i were president, would i go? >> uh-huh. >> i said, no, not if it was going to open wound and inflict, you know, a lot of -- controversy. i would not. i said i would have probably lots of other things on my sc

. >> michael bloomberg is also close to the university you work, johns hopkins. and a proud graduate. he has become a very, very strong advocate for gun control. understand that you understand? >> i think we ought to get him to answer that question. >> let me go with you first. and then. >> what i understand quite vividly is what daniel webster said. daniel webster said america will never suffer under tyranny because the people are armed. that's what i understand. so i don't want to see tyranny occur here. >> can't -- >> adams also said that there may come a time when we do not our country. we can't always assume that it is going to be that case. >> you criticized president obama for going to oregon to meet with victims' families, you issue, can you change it without going to open wounds and inflict, you know, a lot of -- controversy. i would not. i said i would have probably lots of other things on my schedule i could do. the other thing. this is important. the other thing is i don't think i would have the pushback if i were president. because the i wouldn't be

scientists have evidence for this, and i'm talking about scientists at johns hopkins university, at thetional institute of mental health. it's one that's been well demonstrated. we also have many, many other -- [inaudible] where only now are we getting good evidence for because now we have better tools to make the link between infection and madness. and for a long time, our discussions about this, our perception of this has been hampered by the fact that we have fallen into a habit of -- [inaudible] not something proven where we tend to look at the body and the mind as being totally separate. the car tease january split, first promulgates by day cart says that, you know, only the mind has -- [inaudible] by sort of the body. but in truth, many diseases affect both the mind and the body, and my book dwells on this a great deal. so in the end, as i said, i wanted to hear more about what your questions are, and i would love to go into a little bit more detail in my answers about the kind of disorders that we need to be worried about and, very importantly, what we can do about them. >> okay.

. >> michael bloomberg, a former mayor, is close to the university john hopkins.ntrol. what is it that he doesn't understand that you understand? >> well, i think we ought to get him to answer that question. >> but let me get with you first and then i'll go to him. >> what i understand quite vividly is what daniel webster said. daniel webster said america will never suffer under tyranny because the people are armed. that's what i understand. so i don't want to see tyranny occur here. adams also said that there may come a time when we do not have good people at the helm of our country. we can't always assume that it's going to be that case. >> you've criticized president obama who is going to oregon on friday to meet with some of the victims' families. you said it's becoming a political issue. can you change this conversation without politicizing it? >> first of all, let's set the record straight. what i was asked if i were president, would i go? and i said, no, not if it was going to open wounds and inflict, you know, a lot of controversy, i would not. i said i wo

in bethesda, and also what they do through the great extra research like in the university of maryland and johns hopkins they are going to dedicate a room at the hopkins club, the faculty club two weeks from now. 38 people associated with hopkins have won the nobel pr e prize, and two-thirds of that have been in life science, and 38 people and one university, but because of the role that our government plays in doing that, we're an economic engine. when you think about the jobs created because of you, and pharmaceuticals and biomedicals and medical devices, you are a turbo engine. rather than seeing you as a cost factor we should see you as an economic generator, an economic generator, and i hope we can be able to do that. i am deeply concerned about the caps. i don't like budget caps, but most of all i don't like the caps on innovation. we cannot continue to cap innovation. we cannot cap breakthroughs. we cannot cap the opportunity for young people to dream for these careers like dr. rosenberg and all of you have here. here is my question to you. when we look at both the research to be done, and the wo

universities want to shut down conservatives. they don't want them to speak. johns hopkins is one.lie: this is a place that proudly wanted you, but they had an intolerance of free speech. ben: absolutely. ast is why i went through the commencement speaker for the medical school in 2013. charlie: tell me more about the ideas that you believe in, one that education does not want to hear the conservative point of view. ben: education is the dividing line, really. charlie: these things that you don't talk about that much -- give us a deeper understanding, or share your ideas about the country. ben: my deeper understanding is that i believe very much in what the founders of this country wanted, which was a country that was of, for, and by the people. with the government being there for the purpose of facilitating life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. the socialist believe something quite contrary to that, that the and thatt knows best somehow there will be a utopian society where nobody has to worry about anything from cradle to grave. charlie: who do you think in american politi

bethesda but also what they do through the great extra nurel research like in the university of maryland and johns hopkins. you're a hopkins guy. they're going to dedicate a room at the hopkins club, the faculty club two weeks from now. 38 people associated with hopkins have won the nobel prize. two thirds of that have been in life science. 38 people, one university. but because of the role that our government plays in doing that. but we're an economic engine. when you think about the jobs that are created because of that, in pharmaceuticals, biomedicals, medical devices, you are a turbo engine. so rather than seeing a cost factor, we should see you as an economic generator, an economic generator. and i hope we can be able to do that. i am deeply concerned about the caps. i don't like budget caps. but most of all, i don't like the caps on inno vailings. we cannot continue to continue to cap innovation. we cannot cap breakthroughs. we cannot cap the opportunity for young people to train for these careers by dr. rosenberg and all of you have here. so here is my question to you. that when we look at both the

from lots of different points of views, but in of the universities want to shut down conservatives, they don't want them to speak. >> rose: johns hopkins? johns hopkins was one, yes. >> rose: is that right? yeah. >> rose: this is a place that proudly wanted you. you're saying they had an intolerance for free speech? >> they had an intolerance and that's why i withdrew as commencement speaker for the medical school in 2013. >> rose: tell me more about the ideas that you believe in. one is education does not want to hear a conservative point of view. >> well, education is such an important factor, it's the dividing line, really. >> rose: these things you don't talk about that much because you're often asked about whatever you said yesterday and yesterday and yesterday. give us a deeper understanding, what shaped your ideas about the country -- >> my deeper understanding is i believe very much in what the founders of this country wanted, which was a country that was of, for and by the people. people, with the government being there for the purpose of facilitating life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. the socialist model believes som

johns hopkins to tell us that. thank you. >> speaking of sleep, it's mounted over a fa deal staud day. and low fault diets, as well. >> a study on chronic fatigue syndrome is drawing fire from experts, the university study suggesting that chronic fa teelg subpoenaing could be helped with exercise and behavior therapy. >> the universityover berkley say several other scientists have criticized us. some say exercise and behavior therapy could everyone hurt those with cfs. >>> and a new study says low fat diets are unlikely to result in greater weight loss than higher fat diets that have the same amount of calories. losie ining weight is really al about burning more calories than you take in. just focus on reducing calories overall. here's to your health. >>> you can threaten to switch. you can't just vaguely call up your carrier and say i'm going to quit unless you give me a better deal. and then you call up your carrier and say look, the other guy is offering us a much better deal. yesterday the producer did this on a 7 on your side. find a deal, call up and say look, i'm running over on my data. and then you see it. >> i purchased a garage and my car was broken into. can i call the city for damages

to medical university at a time when becoming a physician was such an honorable thing to do and all of these people held dr. carson in such absolute high esteem when you can go to johns hopkins and be louded by people whether they're black, white, male or female, there was such an incredible sense of pride in the accomplishments of dr. carson. his comments about president obama are not only offensive by many members of the african american community, but it's not just his comments about the president. it's his comments about people going into prison straight and coming out gay. his questioning evolution. his statements after the oregon shootings last week. you know, people want to hold him up in high esteem and so many of the comments he's made are quite frankly so silly that it is an embarrassment to the african american community. >> i hear many of those same comments from some of my talk radio callers that he's being single out because he's conservative or because he's republican? >> the columnist wasn't necessarily referring to those remarks that we can debate and discuss. pile on criticism. he was talking about whether or not he is a credit or embarrassment to the race.