Prenatal disruptions such as maternal smoking or diet or chemical exposure may affect genes increasing the risk of disease later, U.S. researchers say. Karin Michels, HMS associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
The federal government on Friday set a standard for gluten-free claims on food labels, a step that health officials said would help the three million Americans with celiac disease and bring uniformity to the $4 billion market for gluten-free products. Alessio Fasano, HMS visiting professor of pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Medicare will levy $227 million in fines against hospitals in every state but one for the second round of the government’s campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month, according to federal records released Friday. Research by Karen Joynt, HMS instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and instructor at HSPH, and Ashish Jha, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of health policy and management at HSPH, is cited.
The author writes about her fear of flying and her experience of meeting with a therapist, Luana Marques, HMS assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The big news from the world of cancer research this week was about how we talk about cancer — how we define it, describe it, when a patient has some early evidence in the breast or prostate or lung. But it raises the question, even the complaint — never mind the semantics — where’s the cure? Edward Benz, the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine and president of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was a guest on the show.
It used to be that finding genes that are important for cellular processes in mammalian cells required randomly disrupting those genes by chemical mutation or by insertion of a transposon into the genome. But then, about 10 years ago, RNA interference (RNAi) came along. Research by Stephen Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at HMS, is cited. Caroline Shamu, HMS assistant professor of radiology and director of ICCB Longwood Facility, is also quoted.
Dozens of workers, union members, and labor activists turned out Wednesday for two separate rallies to protest Harvard Medical School’s decision to cut 31 custodial contract jobs.
James Bradner, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discussed cancer medicines on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.”
One in five high schoolers has permanent ringing in the ears, and few take measures to protect their ears from loud music, according to a new study. Brian Fligor, HMS instructor in otology and laryngology at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Patients who get facial plastic surgery often assume that they will look younger and more appealing afterward. But a new study, the first to try to quantify attractiveness after a face-lift, brow-lift or eyelid surgery, found only a tiny, insignificant increase in attractiveness. A study by Nancy Etcoff, HMS assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, is cited.
