At most colleges, campus police refer students involved in alcohol-related incidents to school officials for discipline rather than taking legal action, according to a study of 343 U.S. schools. Sion Kim Harris, assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
An initiative at Massachusetts General Hospital gives patients online, written and visual information to involve them in shared decision-making. One of the goals is to make risk understandable — bridging the gap between percent probabilities and words. Karen Sepucha, assistant professor of medicine; Leigh Simmons, assistant professor of medicine; and Andy Freiberg, associate professor of orthopedic surgery, are quoted.
The number of childhood cancer survivors is increasing, but many primary care physicians (PCPs) are not comfortable caring for these patients, nor are they always up to date on surveillance guidelines. Lisa Diller, chief medical officer of Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and professor of pediatrics at HMS, provides tips on managing the survivor of childhood malignancies.
For the first time, researchers have determined the genetic markers that determine the timing of a woman’s first period, opening the doors to determining a woman’s risk for disease later in life. Douglas P. Kiel, professor of medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is quoted.
Surveys of more than 400,000 Americans confirm earlier reports that suggested more than 10 million people who were not insured before got health insurance under Obamacare, researchers said this week. Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
More than a year after the Boston Marathon bombings, charities and researchers are taking note of an increasingly noticeable aftereffect: a large group of civilians with blast-related ear injuries more commonly seen in the military. Problems range from dizziness to reduced hearing to tinnitus—a ringing or buzzing noise in one ear or both. Daniel Lee, associate professor of otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, is quoted.
Wearable health tech promises to save lives, so startups like MC10 are working to create something you’ll never forget to put on. Joseph Kvedar, associate professor of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
