A small study offers a mixed view on whether video games may make kids more aggressive. Claire McCarthy, assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Nancy Rappaport, associate professor of psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, participated in a television interview about the Germanwings pilot who suffered from severe depression and deliberately crashed a plane into the French Alps.
The conflict in the southern Thailand can make it hard for women to access healthcare, and FGM isn’t on the health ministry’s agenda. Nawal Nour, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
The landmark 2006 Massachusetts health-care law that inspired the federal overhaul didn’t lead to a reduction in unnecessary and costly hospitalizations, and it didn’t make the health-care system more fair for minority groups, according to a new study that may hold warnings for the Affordable Care Act. Danny McCormick, associate professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, is the study’s lead author.
The puzzling case of a 56-year-old U.S. man who suddenly developed weakness, fatigue and body aches is leading doctors to warn that massive consumption of tea may be responsible for some unexplained cases of kidney failure. Gary Curhan, a professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Michael C. Miller, assistant professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, participated in a radio interview about how someone’s deep inner turmoil can remain hidden from coworkers, neighbors and casual friends.
Edward J. Benz Jr., Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine and chief executive of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, announced that he would step down as CEO at Dana-Farber after a 16-year run that saw the specialty hospital become a fund-raising powerhouse and change from a regional center to an international destination for cancer research and treatment.
