Teen boys who view themselves as “too skinny” when they are actually a healthy weight may face a higher risk of depression in adolescence and later in life, while boys who feel like they are underweight compared with their peers have a higher risk of steroid use, according to two new studies. Aaron Blashill, instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author on both studies. A study by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital is also cited.
Facing challenges in their home state, top executives of Boston-based Partners HealthCare System told a national audience of investors Monday that they will create a bold “new medical model” by integrating hospitals and their medical services with insurance products and by drawing patients from across the country. Gary L. Gottlieb, professor of psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and chief executive officer of Partners HealthCare, is quoted.
This week, scientists published a study that might make you add exercises for your brain to your workout regimen. Researchers Alvaro Pascual-Leone, professor of neurology, and Bonnie Wong, instructor in neurology, both of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, were guests on Radio Boston.
Newer vaccines that protect against rotavirus have lower risks of bowel obstruction for infants than a previous vaccine did, two new studies suggest. W. Katherine Yih, lecturer on population medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, led one of the studies.
Understanding the whims and desires of bacteria is the focus of significant research in microbiology. Some strains of bacteria, for example, can either swim around in search of food or stop moving and save energy. Research in the lab of Johan Paulsson, associate professor of systems biology, is featured.
America is chronically sleep deprived and Charles Czeisler, the Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wants to do something about it. According to Czeisler, head of the Division of Sleep Medicine, sleep is the third pillar of health, along with exercise and eating well. Russell Sanna, executive director of the Division of Sleep Medicine, and Nancy Costikyan, lecturer on psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, are also quoted.
Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, authored this piece about how chronically ill children are living longer than ever and asks: How should we care for them?
A video originally created for Harvard Medical School’s 107th Second Year Show has gained unexpected popularity and inspired the Harvard medical and dental class of 2016 to launch a nationwide academic challenge for students in grades K-12, called the HMS Organ Challenge. They’re now asking students to submit their own educational music videos on any organ system. HMS student Ben Rome is quoted.
How low is too low? That’s what physicians are debating after new advice for treating hypertension was issued in December. Elliott Antman, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate dean for clinical and translational research at HMS, is quoted.
America spends more than $80 billion a year on back pain treatments. But many specialists say less treatment is usually more effective. Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
