Drinking more caffeinated coffee may help to lower the risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, according to a new study. Jiali Han, HMS associate professor of dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author of the paper.
Doctors have long viewed babies born at 37 or 38 weeks as full term, but new research suggests that infants are better off staying in a healthy womb longer, if possible. Tamara C. Takoudes, HMS clinical instructor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Beth Israel DeaconessMedical Center, is quoted.
Working with $2 million in new grants to be announced this week, the researchers for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative will, for the first time, start mapping the DNA of 800 participants in a study attempting to find the root causes of memory loss. Robert Green, HMS lecturer on medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is coordinating the sequencing efforts.
Harvard Business School student Yi-An Huang and his wife, Kristin, HMS clinical fellow in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have found a way to cut prescription drug prices for the poor in western Kenya.
A new once-daily “Quad” pill might be added to the arsenal of effective HIV treatments in the near future, according to a new study. Paul Sax, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the research.
HMS has hired former Biogen Idec executive Rainer Fuchs to be its Chief Information Officer, a position that was previously held by John Halamka, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Never mind the punishing diets, the gym dates and the doctors’ warnings, the quest to live a healthier, more active lifestyle has come to this: playgrounds for adults. David Ludwig, HMS professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
