Higher doses of vitamin D don’t improve mobility for the elderly, and may actually raise the risk for falls among certain seniors, a new study suggests. Douglas Kiel (Hebrew Senior Life) is co-author of a commentary accompanying the study.
David J. Hunter (Brigham and Women’s/Channing Lab), Jeffrey S. Flier (HMS dean) and Elizabeth Nabel (Brigham and Women’s president) are mentioned in this article about Longwood leadership positions.
Tom Hiscock (HMS graduate student), lead author of a new study on why different species’ stripes move the direction they do, is quoted. Sean Megason (HMS) is the study’s senior author.
The White House has named Rakesh Jain (Mass General) a National Medal of Science awardee for his work toward understanding barriers to drug delivery in tumors.
