Middle-aged and even older people seem to gain a survival boost from gastric bypass surgery, research suggests. Malcolm Robinson (Brigham and Women’s) comments.
In the last two days before dying, many hospice patients cared for at home or in a nursing home were not seen by a doctor, nurse or social worker, a new study finds. Alexi Wright (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
Harvard medical and dental students in the newly formed Racial Justice Coalition delivered a petition to the office of Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.
John Wyatt, whose retinal implant research aimed to restore sight to those diagnosed with macular degeneration and retinitispigmentosa died Feb. 3. Joseph Rizzo (Mass Eye & Ear), who worked with Wyatt to launch the Boston Retinal Implant Project, is quoted.
Peter Emerson (Cambridge Health Alliance) and Howard Shaffer (Cambridge Health Alliance) coauthored this article about the debate in the courts, and among regulators and elected officials, regarding fantasy sports and the experiences of those who play them.
After decades of piecemeal progress, the science of cryogenically storing human organs is warming up. The research of Mehmet Toner (Mass General) is cited.
There are signs that members of Congress from both parties may work together on making medicine affordable while still rewarding those who seek to develop disease-beating treatments. Jerry Avorn (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
