A MassChallenge finalist says it’s developed the first solar-powered, wearable sun-exposure tracker to improve energy, mood and focus, regulate sleep cycle and monitor ultraviolet light exposure. Jacqueline Olds, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Richard Schwartz, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, are cofounders of the company that developed the new technology.
A recently formalized partnership between Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital will provide free or lower-cost treatment for victims of domestic violence. Tessa Hadlock, associate professor of otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, is mentioned.
An advance team from Boston-based Partners In Health heads for Ebola-stricken Liberia to lay the groundwork for a new push against the virulent disease in rural areas of that country and Sierra Leone. Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine; and Joia Mukherjee, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are quoted. Rajesh Panjabi, instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is mentioned.
Patients prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to fill their prescriptions and gain health benefits if the medications are cheaper generic brands, new research suggests. Joshua Gagne, an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
In a recent study, researchers estimated that administrative expenditures account for 25.3 percent of the average American hospital’s annual spending. David Himmelstein, lecturer on medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, led the study.
Monica O’Neal, clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, discusses Western beauty standards’ negative effects on women of color.
Claire McCarthy, assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, authored this blog post about what to do to keep sick children comfortable at home.
Liberia is taking the brunt of this latest Ebola outbreak, which is the deadliest in history. Joia Mukherjee, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is interviewed.
Patients are finding out about studies of new cancer medications online, sometimes virtually shopping for trials even before they ask their physician about them. Vikas Sukhatme, Victor J. Aresty Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
