Cachexia is the muscle wasting and weight loss that often accompany cancer’s effects. Two potential treatments that may boost muscle strength are in Phase 3 clinical trials. Alfred Goldberg, HMS professor of cell biology, is quoted.
While the common belief is that eating disorders are primarily an issue for women, statistics show it’s becoming a growing problem for young boys. Roberto Olivardia, HMS clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, appeared on My Fox Boston this morning to discuss the issue.
Continuing coverage of a Japanese biomedical scientist who was previously a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and has retracted three papers that were co-written with faculty at Harvard and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Joslin Diabetes Center is planning to launch a virtual platform to distribute its diabetes research and clinical care programs to patients and primary care providers online and through mobile devices. Nancy Wei, HMS research fellow in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, who is piloting a program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center, is also quoted.
People with the bone-thinning condition osteoporosis often skip the drugs they are prescribed, and telephone counseling does little to change that, according to new research. Daniel Solomon, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was one of the lead researchers.
Follow up story about a course on global health delivery being taught in Rwanda in partnership with the country’s ministry of health and HMS. Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda’s minister of health and HMS senior lecturer on social medicine, and Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at HMS, are quoted.
Jack P. Shonkoff, HMS professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston, is profiled about a national campaign he has launched against ‘‘toxic stress’’ in childhood.
Researchers have identified a compound found in oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits that may lower a woman’s stroke risk. Kathryn M. Rexrode, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the study’s author.
Physicians are increasingly trying to understand PANDAS, or Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, the unusual diagnosis given to a group of children who abruptly develop Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or tic disorders. Michael Jenike, HMS professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
