Big Pharma’s image problem, fueled by numerous high-profile scandals, may have made doctors so skeptical of the industry that it’s warping their judgment, a new survey suggests. Aaron Kesselheim, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study. Jeffrey Drazen, Parker B. Francis Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, authored an editorial published along with the survey.
Over the past decade, the cost of sequencing a human-sized genome has dropped dramatically and many predict that sequencing will soon become part of routine medical care. George Church, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, is quoted.
Radio Boston takes a look at ballot question 2, the so-called “Massachusetts Death with Dignity Act,” which would make it legal for an adult resident with a terminal illness to receive a prescription for drugs to end his or her life. Marcia Angell, HMS senior lecturer on social medicine, was a guest on Radio Boston to discuss this issue.
Robert Stickgold, HMS associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, spoke with The Boston Globe about the role of sleep in our lives.
Boston-area researchers are working to untangle how an antibiotic produced by bacteria in soil on Easter Island works and determine whether it could be harnessed to improve health. T. Keith Blackwell, HMS professor of genetics at Joslin Diabetes Center, is quoted.
Fast-growing Steward Health Care has hired away Arvind Agnihotria, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Agnihotria will oversee cardiac surgery at Steward’s largest hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, starting Oct. 1.
Stephen Soumerai, HMS professor of population medicine, co-authored this opinion piece about a study that shows the savings promised by the government and vendors of information technology are little more than hype.
HMS was put on probation in June by an international organization that accredits animal research programs at hundreds of universities, hospitals, companies, and government agencies.
