In the past decade, Harvard has increasingly poured resources into groundbreaking research in one of the largest collections of stem cell research labs in the country, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). HSCI consists of scientists and practitioners from all over the Harvard community, including the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, HMS and 11 teaching hospitals and research institutions.
A lawsuit accuses Marilyn Albert, a former HMS professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, of submitting a grant application based on manipulated data.
Sami’s Wrap and Roll, a longstanding sandwich shop located on HMS property, has received citations from the City of Boston and was initially going to have to close today but was given an extension. Richard M. Shea, HMS associate dean for campus planning and facilities, is quoted.
Located in one of the most productive agricultural regions in Ontario, Hamiltonians have an abundant and varied food supply at their doorsteps, but it’s not always the first choice. Kathleen Frith, managing director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at HMS, is quoted.
A mysterious and sometimes deadly type of heart failure that can strike otherwise healthy, expectant mothers late in pregnancy and leave them sick for life at last can be traced to faulty blood vessels in the heart, researchers reported. Zoltan Arany, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the senior author. Research by S. Ananth Karumanchi, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is also highlighted.
Independent living communities are instituting more structured and data-based wellness and fitness programs that go beyond just adding aerobics classes or newer fitness machines. Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research is featured. Robert Schreiber, HMS instructor in medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is quoted.
Pieter Cohen, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, published a research letter calling on the FDA to pull DMAA-containing supplements from shelves, citing possible health risks from case reports that include panic attacks, seizures, heart attacks, stroke, and deaths in those who took high amounts.
Three Boston organizations, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center, will receive $11.6 million from the federal government to expand programs focused on keeping sick seniors out of the hospital, improving the health of children with asthma, and connecting people who are homeless with better medical care. Kenneth Sands, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
Fruits and vegetables high in a flavanoid known as rutin, may actually prevent life-threatening blood clots. Robert Flaumenhaft, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the senior author.
