The leaders of two major teaching hospitals and the state’s largest physicians organization are in preliminary talks to form an alliance that could create one of the largest medical systems in Massachusetts. The discussions involve Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Lahey Health of Burlington, and Atrius Health, a Newton-based consortium of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and five other doctors groups.
Researchers are taking advantage of small, transparent zebrafish embryos and larvae—and a special strain of see-through adults—to understand the development and spread of cancer. David Langenau, HMS assistant professor of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is one of the authors of the article. Research by Len Zon, the Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and A. Thomas Look, HMS professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is also cited.
Scientists have turned up ample evidence that consumption of seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against cardiovascular disease. Dariush Mozaffarian, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author. Kenneth J. Mukamal, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is also quoted.
Most people who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins - because of side effects or for another reason - are able to restart the same drug or a similar one without lasting problems, a new study suggests. Alexander Turchin, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the senior author of the study.
Novartis’s defeat in its India patent battle Monday raises a number of questions, not the least of which is whether the Swiss drug maker — and other drug giants — now could see other countries rise up and challenge its patents. Aaron Kesselheim, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, recently authored an article on the extension of drug patents.
The New York Times recently reviewed “When Doctors Don’t Listen,” a new book by Leana Wen, HMS clinical fellow in medicine and Joshua Kosowsky, HMS assistant professor of medicine, both emergency physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
A new report, prepared by experts from three leading universities, projects that a small, steady reduction of sodium in the American diet could save up to half a million lives over the next decade. HMS is mentioned as one of the research groups.
Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
