Nutrition researchers are reaching a new consensus: Cut back on all those refined carbs. And remember that some fat is good. Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, and Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are quoted.
Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General hospitals are largely abandoning a common surgical technique used nationwide for years to perform many hysterectomies, prompted by two recent cases where the procedure dangerously spread undetected cancer. Robert Barbieri, chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Isaac Schiff, chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
Despite a long record of failure, a few immunologists continue to pursue precisely targeted therapies for autoimmune diseases. Christophe Benoist, the Morton Grove-Rasmussen Professor of Immunohematology, is quoted.
A smoker’s coronary artery disease is likely to be as advanced as that of a non-smoker who is 10 years older when both show up at the hospital with a heart attack, according to a new study. Robert Giugliano, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Elliott Antman, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate dean for clinical and translational research at HMS, are quoted.
A new paper explains how faulty leads in medical devices got onto the market, shedding light on a little-known process used by manufacturers to alter medical devices without putting them through human trials. Aaron S. Kesselheim, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the senior author on the paper.
The Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to speed approvals of drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be front and center Monday as the agency considers two new antibiotics with possible advantages. Aaron S. Kesselheim, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
A middle-school student says the federal government could cut printing costs by changing the font on documents. The student published his findings in the Journal for Emerging Investigators (JEI), a publication founded by a group of Harvard grad students.
On average, people with Alzheimer’s disease live anywhere from four to eight years after diagnosis, though some live 20 years or more. The emotional, physical and financial effects on family and caregivers can be severe. Brent Forester, assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is quoted.
