Males may be the more vulnerable sex when it comes dying young – not just from accidents, but from a range of causes, a new study finds. James Perrin, HMS professor of pediatrics at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, is quoted.
The war on multi-drug- resistant bacteria is largely being waged in the halls of small drug companies, who are finding their niche developing new antibiotics as big pharmaceutical companies cut research to boost profits. Aaron Kesselheim, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
If you want to reduce your chances of becoming a diabetic, you’re better off munching apples or blueberries instead of sipping fruit juice, researchers found. Qi Sun, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the senior author of the study.
Days before the start of the football season, the NFL announced Thursday that it has reached a tentative $765 million settlement with former players over brain disorders they suffered, an agreement that Boston brain researchers hailed as a positive outcome that could improve medical care and research in this field. The Harvard-NFLPA research partnership is mentioned. Peter Warinner, HMS clinical instructor in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease and “stomach bugs” may be more common during and immediately after heat waves, a new study suggests. Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
An early cost-sharing program in Massachusetts designed to cut costs for private Blue Cross Blue Shield patients also lowered costs for Medicare patients who were seen by the same providers, according to a new study. J. Michael McWilliams, HMS assistant professor of health care policy; Bruce E. Landon, HMS professor of health care policy; and Michael E. Chernew, HMS professor of health care policy, are the authors of the study.
The initial human genome project cost billions of dollars, but today private DNA sequencing companies like Illumina can sequence someone’s entire genome for around $5,000. The data reveals mutations for conditions and diseases for which there are known genetic markers. Robert Green, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Without a doubt, breast cancer is the disease women fear most and—with its potential to kill—for good reason. But oncologists who treat breast cancer find that even the tiniest, most curable growths provoke extreme anxiety in women simply because they’re called “cancer.” Ann Partridge, HMS associate professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is quoted.
