In what has become as traditional-and equally welcome-as candy and flowers at this time of year, The Vagina Monologues returns to Johns Hopkins this week, with students Ashley Hartman and Jennifer Ronald, Accel. '14, from the School of Nursing taking part in the event at Sheldon Hall in the Bloomberg School of Public Health....Click here to read more.

Spirituality is a central tenet of 12-step recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. Its value, particularly regarding alcohol addiction, has been recognized by many health care practitioners as well. But what does research science say about the role spirituality plays in the prevention and treatment of and recovery from addictions? A special issue of the Journal of Addictions Nursing [December 2013], co-edited by associate professor and addictions expert Joan Kub, PhD, PHCNS, BC, is dedicated to that very topic....Click here to read more.