A team of researchers and physicians has issued a “call to action” to colleagues, urging that exercise counseling become a central component of every medical visit. JoAnn Manson (Brigham and Women’s) and Edward Phillips (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital) are quoted.
Women with breast cancer may have better survival odds if they get surgery and chemotherapy more quickly, two large U.S. studies suggest. Eric Winer (Dana-Farber) is the senior author of an editorial accompanying the studies.
If football is going to exist in 50 years, we are going to need to solve the problem of brain trauma. Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Beth Israel Deaconess), William Meehan (Boston Children’s) and Kun Ping Lu (Beth Israel Deaconess) are quoted. Gary Strangman (Mass General) are Xiao Zhen Zhou (Beth Israel Deaconess) are mentioned.
New research suggests that more careful selection of patients could help improve the success rate of valves implanted into the lungs of people with emphysema. Gary Hunninghake (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
More than 10 percent of U.S. children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reflecting a surge in recent years particularly among girls and minority groups, a new study finds. Timothy Wilens (Mass General) is quoted.
New methods of paying for health care, designed to improve care while controlling costs, have failed to help a big segment of the population—those grappling with mental illness—a Harvard Medical School study says. Haiden Huskamp (HMS) is an author of the study.
