Hunters and elders spend decades next to narwhals, whales, seals and other animals and provide important traditional knowledge that yields ecological insights in the fast-changing Arctic. Martin Nweeia, clinical instructor in restorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences at HSDM, researches narwhal tusks.
Through Team Heart, a non-governmental, not-for-profit, organization based in Boston, Rwandan citizens have access to cardiac surgery. The organization primarily consists of volunteers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Federal health regulators issued a warning in April that the stimulant in Jack3d, a workout booster, frequently raises blood pressure and heart rate, and could lead to heart attacks. Pieter Cohen, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, is quoted.
Mice, the most commonly used laboratory animals in medical research, may be poor models for studying trauma or infections in humans, scientists found. H. Shaw Warren, HMS associate professor of pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital; Ronald Tompkins, the Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Wenzhong Xiao, HMS lecturer on surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, were authors of the study.
According to researchers, minority women are 66 percent less likely than white women to be aware of the risks and symptoms of heart disease. Even when they are aware, the study found, they are less likely to try to reduce their risks or seek treatment. Paula Johnson, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Malissa Wood, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
What’s the right amount of media consumption for young people? Unfortunately, there’s a lot we don’t know about how technology use among kids impacts future career and academic success, but there are a few things we do know. David Bickham, HMS instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Acknowledging the intense schedules of medical residents, some hospitals offer help to keep their young doctors’ relationships healthy. The article mentions Russell Jenkins and Jakub Sroubek, both HMS clinical fellows in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. John Mullen, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is also quoted.
Leana Wen, HMS clinical fellow in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, authored this article about facts and myths about norovirus, a virus that strikes fast and is the most common cause of “stomach flu,” or gastroenteritis.
We spend a lot of time sleeping (roughly one-third of our lives, according to the National Institutes of Health). But how much downtime do our brains really need? Experts discuss the links between sleep, memory and cognition, and why our sleep patterns change as we age. Robert Stickgold, HMS associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was one of the guests on the program.
