Twice as many Americans commit suicide in states where most households have a gun than in states with low rates of gun ownership, according to a new study. Matthew Miller, associate professor of health policy and management at HSPH, is the study’s lead author. Eric Fleegler, HMS assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is also quoted.
A growing number of families, seeking cures for ailments such as degenerative diseases as well as trauma, are turning to stem cell clinics in Latin America for therapy. David Scadden, co-chair and professor at the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, is quoted.
MIT’s new Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) is tackling some of the world’s biggest health challenges through an interdisciplinary approach that will seek new ways to diagnose and treat infectious, neurological and cardiovascular diseases. The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) is cited. Emery Brown, the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia, and Bruce Walker, HMS professor of medicine, both of Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
Federal health officials, in their yearly push for Americans to get vaccinated against the flu, invited Paul D. Biddinger, HMS assistant professor of surgery and chief of emergency preparedness as Massachusetts General Hospital, to drive home the message.
The author asked Nobel Prize winners about what it felt like to win and how their lives have changed since the award. Jack Szostak, HMS professor of genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital, spoke about his experience.
David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler are professors at the City University School of Public Health at Hunter College and visiting professors at Harvard Medical School. They authored this article about a single payer system for the Room for Debate.
Eating more peanut butter may help improve girls’ breast health later in life, according to a new study from Washington University and Harvard Medical School.
Wheat has been getting a bad rap lately. Most doctors don’t think wheat causes problems for most people. Nonetheless, a growing number of people are claiming they feel better without wheat. Daniel Leffler, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
