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.
A binge-eating fish in Mexico shares a genetic mutation found in people with insatiable appetites that leads to obesity, researchers have found. Clifford Tabin, head of the Department of Genetics and George Jacob and Jacqueline Hazel Leder Professor of Geneticsis, is lead author of the study. Nicolas Rohner, research fellow in genetics, and Ariel Aspiras, research assistant in genetics, are study coauthors.
