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The article reports on the findings of the study by the researchers from Johns Hopkins University concerning the effects of sildinafil, the erectile dysfunction drug which is commonly known as viagra. The study has found that sildenafil amplifies the effects of a heart- protective protein and has already been shown to improve heart function. Moreover, sildenafil may have value in either treating or preventing heart damage due to chronic high blood pressure.

The article reports on the study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center on the use of nevirapine, an antiretroviral drug to babies born to HIV-positive mothers. The study found that babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given nevirapine drug through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected.

The article presents the study by the researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine concerning the use of the digitalis-based drugs, digoxin, for cancer. Researchers have found out that digoxin might slow or stop cancer progression. According to Dr. Gregg L. Semenza, director of the vascular program at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering, digoxin can inhibit a protein crucial for cancer cell survival.