For women who suffer from symptoms of overactive bladder such as urgency, frequency, and leaking, treatment options include pelvic muscle exercises, bladder management techniques, prescription medications and a newly available over-the-counter patch called Oxytrol for Women. Eman Elkadry, instructor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Mount Auburn Hospital, is quoted.
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood advocacy group on Wednesday launched a campaign to protest AT&T’s BabyFirst interactive app, demanding that the company end its partnership with BabyFirstTV, referencing infant learning and development researchers who the CCFC says believe adding a second screen to a baby’s learning environment is “a worrisome escalation.” Susan Linn, instructor in psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Edward M. Phillips, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, coauthored this article about the important role doctors can play in promoting lifestyle medicine.
What happened after the federal government warned a decade ago that antidepressants might raise the risk of suicidal thoughts among young people? Instead of declining as hoped, suicide attempts over the next six years showed a small but meaningful uptick among people ages 10 to 29, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal BMJ. That increase followed a substantial drop in the use of antidepressants. Christine Y. Lu, instructor in population medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, is the lead author of the study. Steven B. Soumerai, professor of population medicine, is a coauthor. Joseph Gold, assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is also quoted.
Two major studies by leading research groups published on Wednesday independently identified mutations in a single gene that protect against heart attacks by keeping levels of triglycerides — a kind of fat in the blood — very low for a lifetime. Sekar Kathiresan, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, led one of the studies.
The latest study finds no significant increase in heart malformations in babies whose moms used antidepressants during pregnancy. Krista Huybrechts, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
Even as cancer therapies improve, basic questions about drug resistance, tumour spread and the role of normal tissue remain unanswered. Joan Brugge, chair of the Department of Cell Biology at HMS, is quoted.
