Dreaming is part of every good night’s sleep – but why do we dream? And how do we dream? Robert Stickgold, HMS associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is featured in a video about the topic.
A major new cancer study suggests that when it comes to cancer, nagging wives may just save lives. Nagging husbands too, of course. Ayal Aizer, HMS clinical fellow in radiation oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author.
Experts weigh in about rumors on technology causing health problems. Ackland Jones, a senior audiologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; JoAnn Manson, the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Matthew Gardiner, HMS instructor in ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; and David Ring, HMS associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
As advanced technology continues to create unprecedented comfort, convenience and choice, how can parents instruct children in the value of hard work and discipline? Richard Bromfield, HMS clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
During more than 50 years at Massachusetts General Hospital treating people with infectious diseases, Dr. Morton N. Swartz, an HMS professor of medicine, helped thousands of patients get well. Dr. Swartz, who was Mass. General’s chief of infectious diseases for 34 years and taught generations of Harvard Medical School students, died in the hospital Sept. 9 of complications of kidney failure. He was 89.
How a coat united one group of women with cancer in a quest to live differently. The article was written by a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute patient who discussed her experience in a class held at MGH-based Benson-Henry Institute.
Got $50 million? Why putting your name on a Harvard building—and elsewhere—is so fun. Today, colleges, hospitals and other institutions offer all sorts of “naming opportunities.” Several naming opportunities at HMS are mentioned.
A nap can ease the burden of a painful memory. While fast asleep, people learned that a previously scary situation was no longer threatening, scientists report in a new study. Edward Pace-Schott, HMS assistant professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
