Hundreds of physicians across specialties have participated in an empathy training program designed by Helen Riess, HMS associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Paul Konowitz, HMS assistant clinical professor of otology and laryngology, and Stacey Gray, HMS assistant professor of otology and laryngology, both of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, are also quoted.
A growing number of physicians are opting out of the traditional insurance-driven model and launching concierge medical practices, which means you can’t get an appointment unless you pay cash. Russell Phillips, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, is quoted.
Most young doctors who choose a career in primary care will be able to pay off medical school debt of about $160,000, the median among medical school graduates in 2011, within 10 years even as they raise a family in a high-cost urban area. But, a study by researchers at Boston University and the Association of American Medical Colleges found that those with more debt may have to make careful choices to manage their finances. Russ Phillips, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, is quoted.
Men with excessive fat around their abdomen, commonly known as a “beer belly,” are at an elevated risk for heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, and now researchers are adding osteoporosis to the list of potential hazards, Miriam Bredella, HMS associate professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the study.
Jennifer Smullen, HMS instructor in otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, explains why it is not healthy to put Q-tips inside your ears.
Medicare unintentionally spent more money on doctor’s-office visits in 2010, the year it introduced a simplified fee schedule, according to a new study. Zirui Song, third-year medical student at HMS and graduate of the Health Policy PhD Program, is the study’s lead author.
Joseph E. Murray, HMS professor of surgery, emeritus, who opened a new era of medicine with the first successful human organ transplant, died on Monday at the age of 93.
Two months after federal regulators approved the first defibrillator that can be placed under the skin instead of connecting directly to the heart, doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital implanted three of the new devices Monday in patients at risk of cardiac arrest. Laurence M. Epstein, HMS associate professor of medicine and Bruce A. Koplan, HMS assistant professor of medicine, implanted the defibrillators.
Making music, painting, or dancing — and seeing or hearing it — may be the most effective treatment for dementia to date. HMS-affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife, is featured.
Article profiles Jim O’Connell, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and founder of Boston Health Care for the Homeless.
