For some opponents of the HPV vaccination, the line of thinking goes like this: Give young women a shot to protect them from certain strands of the most common sexually transmitted disease, and you give them license to throw all coital caution out the window. But according to a new study, this doesn’t seem to be the case. Anupam Jena, assistant professor of health care policy and medicine, is a co-author of the study.
Monica Bharel, clinical instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, previously the chief medical officer for the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, was officially sworn in today by Governor Charlie Baker to run the state’s Department of Public Health.
A new study tried to tease out the relative importance of genetics vs. environment when it comes to obesity risk. Jean Fain, teaching associate in psychiatry at Cambrdige Health Alliance, is quoted.
Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care has launched the InciteHealth Fellowship, a new program that brings together 22 talented individuals eager to transform the delivery of health care in the United States. Paola Abello, program director, Primary Care Innovation Center and Russ Phillips, director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care and the William Applebaum Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, are quoted.
The sound of a mother’s voice plays a critical role in a baby’s early development, multiple studies have shown. Now, researchers have demonstrated that the brain itself may rely on a mother’s voice and heartbeat to grow. Amir Lahav, assistant professor of pediatrics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is senior author of the study.
The peoples of India, Iran and Europe speak a Babel of tongues, but most — English included — are descended from an ancient language known as proto-Indo-European. David Reich, professor of genetics, is mentioned.
Sweating it out in a hot sauna may be relaxing, and new research suggests it may also be good for your heart health. Elliott Antman, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
David Torchiana takes over next month as chief executive of Partners, the state¹s largest and most prestigious hospital and physicians network, and his style and skills will immediately be put to the test. Torchiana is also an associate professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Every time snow fell over the past three weeks, stress rose. To yoga expert and researcher David R. Vago, though, the snow has been an opportunity to get exercise shoveling and to enjoy the outdoors. Vago is an instructor in psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is also quoted.
Even though the public has become smitten with vitamin D, its growing popularity has led to mega-dosing that’s not backed by the current evidence. JoAnn Manson, Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
