Some parents have been worried about giving their children pain relievers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, based on reports that children who take the drugs are more likely to develop asthma. But a new study suggests that the relationship may be little more than a statistical oversight. Augusto Litonjua, HMS assistant professor of medicine, and Joanne Sordillo, HMS instructor in medicine, both of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.

Biology Professor Eric S. Lander, the founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, was awarded the 2012 Harvey Prize in a ceremony April 30 at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, for his contributions to the field of genomics.

Got bunions? You can thank your grandparents or parents for those, according to new research. Marian Hannan, HMS associate professor of medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is the researcher and editor-in-chief of the journal.