The Lemelson-MIT Prize, celebrating its 20th year, honors outstanding mid-career inventors improving the world through technological invention and demonstrating a commitment to mentorship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sangeeta Bhatia, lecturer on medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the prize recipient.
A new study finds that a diverse group of patients are willing to answer questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings, and that they understand the importance of answering questions about sexual orientation and gender identity during the patient registration process. Harvey Makadon, clinical professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, co-authored the study.
Dennis Rosen, assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, authored this essay about how communication between doctors and patients can affect a patient’s well-being, for better or for worse, through the placebo and nocebo effects.
The successful embrace of failure in the workplace not only requires a change in how performance is defined and rewarded with policies and practices, but it also requires a radical mindset change for many. Anjali Sastry, lecturer on global health and social medicine, was quoted.
When we think of exfoliation, we normally think of facial scrubs and loofah to rub off dead skin cells, but there’s another kind of exfoliation: a harmful eye condition that increases the risk of cataracts and glaucoma as we age. New research suggests wearing sunglasses could be a key way to prevent the condition called exfoliation syndrome. Louis Pasquale, associate professor of ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, led the study.
Researchers seeking alternatives to the use of drugs to treat ADHD in children are taking a closer look at exercise as a prescription. John Ratey, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was quoted.
Kidney stones were associated with modestly elevated risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, especially among women, a meta-analysis showed. Gary Curhan, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, co-authored the study.
To date, there is no internationally accepted epidemiological forecasting algorithm. But the Ebola crisis and other epidemics have made this a priority in academia and government circles. John Brownstein, associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, was quoted.
Brain cancer may not be as common as other forms of cancer, but over 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with brain tumors each year. Tracy Batchelor, Giovanni Armenise - Harvard Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, participated in an interview about the subject.
