Exercise is as effective as drugs at preventing diabetes and repeat heart attacks, and it is potentially better than medication for averting additional strokes, according to a new analysis. Huseyin Naci, visiting fellow in population medicine at HMS, is one of the study authors.
Orfeu Marcello Buxton, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has been answering reader questions about sleep deficiency. This is part 2 of the Ask an Expert section.
The tears of two- to three-week-old mice contain a pheromone that deters adult males from sexual contact, according to a new study. Stephen Liberles, HMS associate professor of cell biology, led the research.
They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years — adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, mental slowness or muscles too weak to let them stand. Now scientists say they were able to crack a quarter of these cases by decoding the patients’ genes. Robert C. Green, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
It has been nearly a year since voters in Massachusetts passed a ballot measure allowing medical use of marijuana. Kevin Hill, HMS assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, was a guest on “The Morning Show” to share his insight on the progress of the legislation.
A new analysis of hormone therapy for menopause reaffirms previous warnings that the drugs have more risks than benefits for most women — but also states that the harms are low early in menopause and that hormones are “appropriate for symptom management in some women.” JoAnn E. Manson, the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the first author. Elizabeth G. Nabel, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wrote an editorial accompanying the report.
