Article profiles two sisters who are endurance runners. Physicians ask whether the girls are really capable of competing with elite athletes and, if they are, is it a good idea for children this young to be in races this tough. Mininder S. Kocher, HMS professor of orthopedic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Physicians are studying the effects of trauma after natural disasters and found that most commonly and most immediately, the survivors suffered post-traumatic stress symptoms like recurrent nightmares, flashbacks, a hair-trigger temper and an emotional “numbing.” Ronald Kessler, the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy, is quoted.
Commonly-prescribed SSRI antidepressants should be given to pregnant women with “great caution” because the drugs could raise risk for miscarriage, premature birth and health problems in both mom and a newborn baby, a new study concludes. Alice Domar, HMS assistant clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a co-author of the study.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and its doctors group, which last summer entered into exclusive talks to affiliate with Signature Healthcare of Brockton, have signed a memorandum of understanding with Signature, which owns 263-bed Brockton Hospital.
Senator Thomas A. Daschle spoke last night at HMS for the Department of Health Care Policy’s 12th Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture on Health Policy. In his lecture entitled “The Affordable Care Act: A New Paradigm for Health in America,” Daschle forecasted “inexorable” and “near-term” improvements intransparency, information and quality.
The federal government’s relentless push toward healthier school lunches — amping up the veggies and trimming protein portions — are leaving students’ tummies growling and parents grumbling. Ron Kleinman, Charles Wilder Professor of Pediatrics and Allan Walker, Conrad Taff Professor of Pediatrics, both of Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
New research in mice suggests that redheaded people may be more susceptible to the dangerous type of skin cancer known as melanoma, even if they don’t spend a lot of time in the sun. David Fisher, chair of the Department of Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the study.
