More than 2.3 million American men used testosterone gels, patches, pellets and injections last year—twice the number as in 2008. Some experts say these men may be increasing their chances of having a heart attack. Abraham Morgentaler, associate clinical professor of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
A number of small studies have linked cocoa flavanols to lower risks of heart disease, hypertension, stroke and diabetes. These studies are sufficiently compelling that the National Institutes of Health is co-funding a massive study of cocoa flavanols that will kick off in early 2015. JoAnn Manson, Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Howard Sesso, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will be co-directing the study.
This news article explores the appropriate balance of allowing residents to gain experience and giving patients the best care possible. David Shahian, professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Harvard’s travel restrictions to areas of West Africa, announced last weekend, will help ensure safety without stifling the efforts of University affiliates to combat the Ebola epidemic on the ground, those familiar with the subject said late last week. Joia Mukherjee, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Michael J. VanRooyen, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are quoted.
The Globe Magazine and The Commonwealth Institute partnered to honor those organizations with the most impressive records of innovation and workplace diversity, as well as revenue and employee numbers. Two HMS affiliates are included: Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Boston Children’s is led by President and CEO Sandra Fenwick. Brigham and Women’s is led by President Elizabeth Nabel, professor of medicine. Nabel is interviewed.
Twitter has for years offered access to its real-time stream of public tweets to tech companies and researchers that are willing to pay. The company noticed an uptick in data requests from the academic community last year and announced a so-called data grant program that will offer a handful of research teams access to its database. John Brownstein, associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is mentioned. His team is one of six chosen for Twitter’s data grant pilot.
Elizabeth Nabel, professor of medicine and president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, authored this opinion piece about the need for a national Ebola strategy.
Most experts say there is not enough data yet on the entire population to determine whether the law is improving the nation’s health.But some early data suggests that in one population, young people, the law is having a positive impact. Research co-authored by Benjamin Lê Cook, assistant professor of psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, is featured.
Gary Gottlieb, professor of psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said that he will step down as chief executive of Partners HealthCare. Gottlieb, who has held the job for five years, will leave in July 2015 to become the chief executive of Partners in Health, the Boston-based nonprofit that provides medical care in Haiti and other impoverished countries.
When former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced he was stopping his cancer treatment, many expressed their thoughts and prayers, but there was also the uncomfortable sense that he was giving up too soon. Lachlan Forrow, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
Alphonse Taghian, professor of radiation oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is one of eleven care providers who were interviewed in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
