The travel industry is dreaming up ways to woo weary consumers, from special mattresses to noise-canceling headphones. Russell A. Sanna, executive director of the Division of Sleep Medicine, is quoted.
A new drug may help lung cancer patients when they become resistant to the first-line medication crizotinib, researchers find. Alice Shaw, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead researcher.
Mercedes Becerra, associate professor of global health and social medicine, was recently a guest on WGBH to discuss her research on childhood tuberculosis.
Nanotechnology could transform the way clinicians treat eye diseases. Joseph Ciolino, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, is quoted.
Some forms of medical marijuana may help alleviate certain symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new guidelines. Pushpa Narayanaswami, assistant professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is one of the authors of the study.
A ProPublica analysis shows that some 1,300 practitioners nationwide received both research money and speaking or consulting fees from the same drug maker in 2012. Eric Campbell, professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
The human nose can smell an average of a trillion different odors, according to a study published last week. Stephen Liberles, associate professor of cell biology, is quoted.
A top U.S. regulator is discrediting research published a year ago that found impurities in dozens of generic heart drugs made overseas, saying the investigators contaminated the samples during their testing. Preston Mason, lecturer on medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
Once again, Low T is causing some high drama. The latest conflagration is a debate over the veracity of a widely cited study, which was published last November and found that treatments used to boost testosterone levels increased the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events in men who had a history of heart disease. Abraham Morgentaler, associate clinical professor of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
Women who have their breasts removed because of cancer may benefit from receiving radiation if they still have traces of cancer in their lymph nodes, suggests a new analysis. Alphonse Taghian, professor of radiation oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Andrew L. Warshaw, W. Gerald Austen Distinguished Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored an opinion piece about the Medicare physician payment system.
