In a new study researchers found that girls who received the HPV vaccine didn’t have higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases when compared with non-vaccinated girls. The findings suggest that the HPV vaccine doesn’t result in riskier sexual behavior. Anupam Jena, assistant professor of health care policy, led the research.
Researchers have paired a solar-powered catalyzing device with genetically engineered bacteria to convert water and carbon dioxide into an alcohol-based liquid fuel. Pamela Silver, Elliott T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, is a coauthor of the study.
Nagged by concerns that greater efforts are needed to safeguard players, the N.F.L. named its first chief health and medical adviser. Elizabeth Nabel will be the league’s “senior medical expert” while she continues in her work as the president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and as professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Steve Schlozman, assistant professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, coauthored this article about how to pass the time with children during snow days.
Patients with high blood pressure need extra treatment within about six weeks to prevent heart attacks, strokes and death, according to a study that provides some of the first tips on timing for doctors. Alexander Turchin, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is senior author of the study.
Apple Inc.’s healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S. hospitals, showing early promise as a way for doctors to monitor patients remotely and lower costs. John Halamka, professor of emergency medicine and chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is mentioned.
Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, authored this article about the iniquities of healthcare funding.
Steven Schlozman, assistant professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this blog post about how to talk with your children about sexually provocative material available online.
