Public Health News Headlines from Johns HopkinsThe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is dedicated to protecting health and saving lives.Estimated 3.2 Million Burmese Potentially Affected by Cyclone- May 14, 2008 As many as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, according to geographic risk models developed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Lehman College, CUNY. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the researchers calculated the likely distribution of the population of Burma (also known as Myanmar) and developed maps of the regions at greatest risk from the storms effects. The maps and a summary of...http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2008/doocy_burma.html Obesity Linked to Increased Risk for Dementia- May 7, 2008 Obesity may increase adults risk for having dementia, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their analysis of published obesity and dementia prospective follow-up studies over the past two decades shows a consistent relationship between the two diseases. The results are published by The International Association for the Study of Obesity in the May, 2008 issue of Obesity Reviews.http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2008/wang_obesity_dementia.html |