A team led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have devised a new, less-invasive technique that could one day be used to diagnose brain cancer and monitor a tumor’s response to treatment, without surgery. Anna Krichevsky, HMS assistant professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was the leader of the study.
Warren Buffett’s revelation that his prostate cancer was diagnosed with the help of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test threatens to reignite controversy that the medical community hoped had been settled last year over the usefulness of the test. Michael Barry, HMS clinical professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
What’s the best way to recover from an illness or injury or surgery? Julie Silver, HMS assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, helps dispel 11 myths about healing.
Continuing coverage of a new study by researchers who found that disrupted sleep could increase the risk of diabetes and obesity. Orfeu Buxton, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the research. Russell Sanna, executive director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at HMS, is also quoted.
When Medicare stops paying for seniors’ medications after they enter the Part D “donut hole,” the seniors often go without the drugs, even if the medications are essential for heart health, new research shows. Jennifer Polinski, HMS instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the author of the study.
Jim Yong Kim was officially elected the president of the World Bank this week. Kim is former chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at HMS. As president of Dartmouth College, he participated in Dartmouth Idol.
Russell S. Phillips, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who was recently named the inaugural director of the HMS Center for Primary Care, was interviewed for The Boston Globe’s G Force.
Journal editors have been researching why there has been an increase in scientific paper retractions. David Korn, HMS professor of pathology, is quoted.
Several Harvard researchers are trying to understand why we run. Research by Irene Davis, HMS visiting professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Pierre D’Hemecourt, HMS lecturer on orthopedic surgery at Children’s Hospital Boston, is highlighted.
The Association of American Medical Colleges is revising the medical school admissions test to incorporate a hefty dose of social science. Charles Hatem, HMS professor of medicine at Mt. Auburn Hospital, is quoted.
