This article discusses physical balance, citing research that shows balance training can prevent injuries, especially among those who grapple with recurring ankle-ligament problems. Balance training also tones muscles (especially the core), keeps us agile and improves posture. Daniel Merfeld (Mass Eye and Ear) is quoted.
Gottfried Schlaug (Beth Israel Deaconess) authored a study that may explain recovery from aphasia, a condition that may occur when the left side of the brain is damaged during a stroke and which often results in difficulty speaking, naming, repeating and understanding language.
Anyone with an iPhone can support the study of athlete health and help researchers better understand the health issues that matter most to former NFL players. Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Beth Israel Deaconess) is quoted. Download the app here.
Jeffrey Redgier (McLean Hospital) authored this opinion piece about medicine’s dismissal of those with remarkable health-related recoveries are “flukes.”
Christopher Henderson (HMS student) and Nathaniel Morris (HMS student) co-authored this opinion piece about the Step 2 Clinical Skills test that approximately 20,000 medical students from U.S. and Canadian schools take each year.
Stacey Missmer (Brigham and Women’s) authored a study finding that women with an excess growth of uterine lining tissue may also be at higher risk of coronary heart disease.
