In this opinion piece, the author writes about the value of telemedicine. Ron Dixon, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Judith Palfrey, the T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, joined a Huffington Post Live Chat to talk about children and gun accidents.
Real estate magnate and philanthropist Eli Broad announced Thursday that he and his wife, Edythe, are providing another $100 million to the genomics center that bears their name. Eric Lander, HMS professor of systems biology and founding director of the Broad Institute, is quoted.
Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, in which doctors inject a modified version of the patient’s own blood into injured tissue sounds implausible. But credible scientists and clinicians, many from major institutions, say that it can heal a range of orthopedic injuries, which are often difficult to treat. Martha Murray, HMS associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been studying how the treatment works in ligament injuries.
Raising the cost of high-calorie beverages by a few cents — and highlighting calorie content in places where they are sold — decreases sales, a new study shows. Jason Block, HMS assistant professor of population medicine, is the study’s lead researcher.
Matt Gillman, HMS professor of population medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, spoke with CBS Boston about the importance of early obesity prevention.
A third of all adult Americans could be prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, under new medical guidelines issued yesterday. Deepak L. Bhatt, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
More than half of people hospitalized for medical reasons are given highly addictive prescription painkillers, often in large doses, according to a new study. Shoshana Herzig, HMS instructor in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the lead author. Research by David Bates, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is cited. Ashish Jha, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Kevin Hill, HMS assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, are also quoted.
John D. Abramson, HMS lecturer on health care policy, co-authored this opinion piece about the new cholesterol guidelines released by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology this week.
