A team of researchers report they’ve discovered the “missing link” between traumatic brain injuries and degenerative brain diseases, and developed a special antibody that may help prevent the conditions - at least in mice. Kun Ping Lu, professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the study’s co-senior author. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is an author on the paper.
John Halamka, professor of emergency medicine of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, authored this article about why he posted his own health records on the Web - and why society should make a radical leap.
The key to avoiding these problems is mindful use, which requires a level of responsibility and self-control that comes with age. So how do you decide when it’s the right time? Michael Rich, associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
A new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine explains what is known about placebos - including the side effects people can experience after getting fake treatments - and why doctors might want to use them. Ted Kaptchuk, professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
New guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications are efficient and cost-effective, according to two new Harvard studies. Udo Hoffmann, professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is senior author of one study.
Last week, the House passed a bill in a 344-77 vote, an overwhelming consensus at a time when relations in Congress are mostly fractured. The bipartisan effort, known as the 21st Century Cures Act, infuses medical research with $8.75 billion over five years and purports to overhaul drug development and innovation to get lifesaving cures to people who need them faster. Jerry Avorn, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted
J. Wesley Boyd, assistant professor of psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, authored this letter to the editor which calls for increases in ethics education for psychology students.
Committees that oversee research at big teaching hospitals and medical schools have deep ties to the health care and pharmaceutical industries but don¹t clearly understand which relationships may pose conflicts of interests. Eric Campbell, professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
