Marijuana use did not increase among teenagers in the states in which medical marijuana has become legal, researchers recently reported. Kevin Hill, assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is quoted.
Cigarette smoking is responsible for at least 345,962 cancer deaths in the U.S. each year, according to a new study. Researchers from the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center combined data from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey, the Cancer Prevention Study II and five studies that are known as the Pooled Contemporary Cohort to estimate the number and proportion of deaths in the U.S attributable to cigarette smoking.
David M. Nathan, professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, participated in an interview about diabetes, how it’s caused and what symptoms to check for if you’ve developed it.
Bacteria aren’t renowned for their punctuality – but perhaps one day they will be. A working circadian clock has been inserted in E. coli that allows the microbes to keep to a 24-hour schedule. Pamela Silver, Elliott T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, is quoted.
For all the intensity, emotion and pervasiveness of the debate about sexual assault in college, there’s an element that’s often lost and unheard: men’s stories. Jim Hopper, part-time instructor in psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance, is quoted.
Early morning school start times, most commonly 7 to 7:30 a.m. is just one of the ways our country sabotages teens who aren’t physically able to adjust. Steven Lockley, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted. Charles Czeisler, Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is mentioned.
As caner treatments improve and more people are diagnosed at earlier stages, cancer survivors are living longer, prompting a paradigm shift from merely living to living well. Julie Silver, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, is quoted.
Starkly contrasting views took center stage last month in a raging international debate over the long-term use of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs. Dost Ongur, associate professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is quoted.
Illness weakens our bodies and our minds, and the damage often is compounded by what patients experience in hospitals across the nation. As people live longer, and our population ages, addressing this issue is taking on new urgency. Sharon Inouye, professor of medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is quoted.
