Aspirin’s benefit in thwarting colon cancer is driven by a gene mutation that makes tumor cells less sensitive to the drug’s effects, according to a study that may lead to personalized prevention strategies. Andrew Chan, HMS associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is one of the authors.
Taking hormone replacement therapy soon after menopause starts won’t protect against memory problems or other signs of cognitive decline that occurs with aging, according to a new analysis of a landmark clinical trial at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Francine Grodstein, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wrote an editorial that accompanied the study.
Suzanne Koven, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this article about when it comes time to discuss moving or making home accommodations for elderly relatives.
According to Steven Schlozman, HMS assistant professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, doctors in the U.S. can feel a certain hegemony and even pride in their diagnostic and technical prowess, but outside the U.S., are perceived as having forgotten how they ought to listen to their patients’ stories.
Dr. Robert Gabbay has been named chief medical officer at Joslin Diabetes Center. Gabbay has led various projects investigating new models in health care in Pennsylvania, where he is director of the Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity.
Isaac Kohane, the Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and director of the Countway Library of Medicine at HMS, offered his perspective on the government’s use of big-data surveillance.
Michael Jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run ever, but he unknowingly set another record that led to his death. Charles Czeisler, the Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, testified at the wrongful death trial.
The folds, creases and intricate internal structures that make up the human brain are being revealed in unprecedented detail. A new three-dimensional map called BigBrain is the most detailed ever constructed, and should lead to a more accurate picture of how the brain’s different regions function and interact. Van Wedeen, HMS associate professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
