The author shares his perspective about the value of mammograms related to his wife’s breast cancer diagnosis. Daniel Kopans, professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Researchers have discovered a pattern of proteins in women with endometriosis, a disease in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows elsewhere in the body—for instance, on the ovaries, bladder, or bowel—often causing pain, infertility, or both. Keith Isaacson, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Kevin Haigis, associate professor of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
An increasing number of practices are scrapping the traditional one-on-one doctor-patient relationship. Instead, patients are receiving care from a group of health professionals who divide up responsibilities that once would have largely been handled by the doctor in charge. Kirsten Meisinger, clinical instructor in population medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, and Don Goldmann, clinical professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, are quoted
With series of advances, the underlying principles of basic biology are in the process of being rewritten. Research by Charles Vacanti, the Vandam/Covino Professor of Anaesthesia and head of the Department of Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Koji Kojima, assistant professor of anaesthesia, also of Brigham and Women’s Hospital is cited. Richard T. Lee, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Konrad Hochedlinger, professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at FAS and Massachusetts General Hospital, are also quoted.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is considering a proposal from real estate billionaire Hui Ka Yan to become the first Harvard-University affiliated hospital to expand to China.
Ever noticed while watching these Olympic Games that the curlers don’t seem to blink like regular humans? Sure they’ll flap their lids a few times when chatting between ends, but when they’re in the hack and poised to deliver a high-pressure shot, their eyes are locked in an unflinching, super-human focus. Mark Abelson, clinical professor of ophthalmology at Schepens Eye Research Institute, is quoted.
A new study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association assesses the process for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of high-risk cardiac devices.
The genes of a boy who died 12,600 years ago show that all indigenous people in the Americas seem to be descended from the same group of ancestors. David Reich, HMS professor of genetics, is quoted.
In a research finding that will add to doubts about the value of breast cancer screening, Canadian researchers determined that women ages 40 to 59 who had yearly mammograms enjoyed no added survival benefit up to 25 years later compared with those who skipped the screening X-rays.
