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Dr. Alison Geyh talks about the aftermath of 9/11

For decades, scientists have known that chronic exposure to high concentrations of the metal manganese can cause movement abnormalities resembling symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, but apparently without the same neuron damage characteristic of Parkinson’s patients. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Thomas Jefferson University have discovered a potential explanation to why these neurological symptoms may occur with manganese exposure.

Wendy Schagen Klag, wife of dean Michael J. Klag passed away August 16, 2006.

Researchers from Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in one of the largest studies to date (over 1.2 million study participants) that having either a high or low BMI increases risk of death. The researchers found that the effect of BMI on the risk of dying varied among major causes of death and that the risk of death from being overweight or obese was greater in younger people.