The worldwide burden of childhood tuberculosis is twice as large as once thought, according to a new study that estimates nearly 1 million children become sick with the disease every year. Mercedes Becerra, associate professor of global health and social medicine, is one of the study’s authors.
Over the past two decades, the number of people in the world with diabetes has more than doubled; particularly notable is the rapid increase in Type 2 diabetes among young people. Osama Hamdy, assistant professor of medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, is the coauthor of “The Diabetes Breakthrough,” a program that the authors say can stop and even reverse the “relentless progression” of that disease.
Many chronically ill Americans take less of their medicines than they should or skip them entirely so they can afford to eat, a new study reveals. Seth Berkowitz, research fellow in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the leader of the study.
People with higher genetic risk for obesity gain more weight when they eat fried foods than people with lower risk, a team from HMS reported. Lu Qi, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
