David J. Hunter, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, authored this opinion peice about the recent PBS series “The Emperor of All Maladies.”
Some leading vitamin stores have announced that they were pulling from their shelves a group of supplements that may contain a dangerous stimulant. Pieter A. Cohen, assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, is quoted.
Facing the loss of patent protection and profits on top-selling brands, drugmakers sometimes stop or sharply limit sales of drugs to force consumers to switch to a somewhat modified, newly patented version before generic rivals have a chance to get into the market. Jerry Avorn, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
The Harvard-run New England Primate Medical Research Center has come under additional scrutiny following allegations that between 1999 and 2011, a dozen monkeys were found dead in their cages or euthanized at the center. Frederick Wang, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Sudden death, a mysterious and devastating outcome of epilepsy, could result from a brain stem shutdown following a seizure, researchers report. Although the idea is still preliminary, it’s engendering hope that neurologists are one step closer to intervening before death strikes. Michael Moskowitz, professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Could genome sequencing newborns give valuable insight or do harm? That’s the question US doctors are trying to answer in a pioneering trial starting this month. Robert Green, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted. Alan Beggs, Sir Edwin and Lady Manton Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is mentioned.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Framingham biotechnology company, and an international research group are joining in a research initiative aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment for one of the deadliest forms of cancer. James Moser, associate professor of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
A handful of weight-loss and sports supplements contain a never-before-tested ingredient that’s closely related to amphetamines – not the plant extract indicated on their label, according to a new study. Pieter Cohen, assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, led the research.
