Medical researchers around the world are embracing genetic-sequencing technologies to better prevent and treat diseases. Among the most eager are scientists in Saudi Arabia. Robert Green, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
HMS student Nathaniel P. Morris authored this piece about Vivek Murthy, the Obama administration’s nominee for surgeon general who had a Senate confirmation hearing yesterday. Murthy is an instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Trials found patients are happier and have better medical outcomes when they can see everything in their own medical records. Tom Delbanco, the Richard A. and Florence Koplow-James L. Tullis Professor of General Medicine and Primary Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is one of the founders of OpenNotes.
Many readmissions for chest pain after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) might not really be necessary, a new study suggests. Jason Wasfy, instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the research.
Hockey players who sustained concussions during a recent season experienced acute microstructural changes in their brains, according to a series of new studies. Martha Shenton, professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was one of the study collaborators.
Depression and other emotional problems can be severe enough on Earth. But imagine yourself on a taxing, anxiety-filled, long-duration space voyage. How would you cope there? Now, a set of self-directed modules could help astronauts work through these issues on their own while on a deep space mission. James Cartreine, instructor in psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, produces interactive media and videos.
Lachlan Forrow, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, authored this article about the complexities surrounding today’s medical and legal definitions of when someone is “dead.”
David Israel, assistant professor of radiology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, died in his Newton home on Jan. 23 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 60.
Kevin Hill, assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, authored this blog post about addiction and what we can do to help prevent bad outcomes from it.
