Vicodin and other hydrocodone-based painkillers, the most popular pharmacy drugs in the U.S., would be placed under stricter prescribing limits to curb abuse, in a policy reversal by the Food and Drug Administration. Edward Michna, assistant professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
A new study of more than 23,000 people shows that those who consume low amounts of fiber in their diets have a higher risk of conditions such as obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular inflammation. Cheryl R. Clark, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead researcher.
Replication attempt shows that earlier claims about a genetic test for autism were overblown. Benjamin Neale, HMS instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the new study.
A team of scientists at the Cambridge-based Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have identified a compound that can reverse some of the toxicity that occurs in brain cells created from Parkinson’s disease patients’ stem cells. Dennis Selkoe, professor of neurologic diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Vikram Khurana, instructor in neurology at MGH, are quoted.
The frenzied pace of medical innovation was much in evidence at the Fourth Annual Galien Forum on Tuesday, at New York City’s Alexandria Center for Life Sciences. Reisa Sperling, professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is cited.
