Never before has mankind’s obsession with the smile been so easily actionable. Cosmetic dentistry now represents the largest nonsurgical beauty industry after makeup. Marc Ackerman, assistant professor of developmental biology at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Rudolph Tanzi, Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Child Neurology and Mental Retardation at Massachusetts General Hospital, coauthored this opinion piece about the public’s determination to find an easy cure for Alzheimer’s.
As an alternative to prosthetics, some scientists are interested in bioengineering replacement limbs using tissues or cells from limb recipients. Researchers took a step toward this goal by essentially regrowing rat forearms and hands from a biological scaffold. Harald Ott, assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the study’s coauthor.
Researchers from a Boston hospital detailed the results of a five-year study, showing that a Sanofi drug which helps moderate glucose levels in those with type II diabetes, did not increase the risk of a cardiovascular event. Marc Pfeffer, Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is principal investigator of the study.
For women already facing the physical and emotional trauma of breast cancer, chronic pain after a mastectomy can be devastating. Julie Silver, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, is quoted.
Jean Fain, teaching associate in psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, participated in an interview about self-compassion as an antidote to dieting and eating issues. Joji Suzuki, assistant professor of psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discussed motivational interviewing as a tool to support healthier eating.
Scientists are hoping to prove that type 1 diabetes can be reversed with the help of a generic drug. The five-year long, phase II clinical trial, which received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was recently announced. Denise Faustman, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is principal investigator of the study.
Neel Shah, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, participated in a Q&A about the harms from too much medical intervention during childbirth.
Twenty-one states — including Washington, Texas, Alabama and Iowa — have passed laws that make CPR training a high school graduation requirement. Massachusetts is not one of them. But maybe it should be. Farrah Mateen, assistant professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Head transplants, at the extreme frontier of medicine, are inching toward reality. Robert Truog, director of the HMS Center for Bioethics and Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine and professor of anaesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Scientists have grown the fist bio rat limb with veins and muscles. The scientists believe this is one of the first steps towards developing bioartificial replacement limbs that could be used for human transplantation. Harald Ott, assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, senior author of the findings.
