Tucking into a breakfast of buttermilk pancakes and maple syrup, or a great bowl of white pasta for lunch, not only sends your blood sugar soaring–and then, suddenly, plummeting. Four hours after you’ve put down your fork, such a meal makes you hungrier than if you’d eaten one with more protein and fiber and fewer carbohydrates, a new study finds. David S. Ludwig, HMS professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, led the team.
For several years now, health care experts have been issuing warnings about an impending severe shortfall of primary care physicians. Policy makers have suggested that nurse practitioners, nurses who have completed graduate-level studies and up to 700 additional hours of supervised clinical work, could fill the gap. Karen Donelan, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the author of a new study.
Young men are more likely to die of the skin cancer melanoma than young women, regardless of the severity of the tumor, a new study found. David Fisher, the Edward Wigglesworth Professor of Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is one of the editorial authors.
Dr. Sara Selig’s living room is a tribute to the love of her life. Her wedding contract – a Jewish tradition – hangs in a frame over the mantle. Pictures of herself with her “beloved Gregg” rest on the table behind the couch, and were sewn into a quilt, handmade by a friend. Levi Garraway, HMS associate professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Ivana Kim, HMS associate professor of ophthalmology
at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; and Keith Flaherty, HMS associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
Encouraging kids to join athletic teams once seemed like a forgone conclusion. But following former Patriots linebacker Junior Seau’s suicide and the NFL’s $100 million grant to Harvard and its affiliated hospitals to study repeated brain trauma and other chronic injuries in former NFL players, many parents are now raising concerns over the risks for young athletes. Michael O’Brien, HMS clinical instructor in orthopedic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and Richard Ginsburg, HMS assistant clinical professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
There’s a revolution occurring in cancer treatment, and it could mean the end of chemotherapy. George Demetri, HMS professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is quoted.
There’s a flurry of research looking at whether brain scans or other tests can predict which patients suffering from depression will respond to a particular treatment. The hope is to uncover so-called biomarkers that can direct patients to the medication or therapy that will help the most. An HMS study about depression is cited.
